The Ministry of Health says an estimated $24 million will be required to make three hospitals under the Agenda 111 project operational.
According to the ministry, despite claims that the hospitals were completed, equipped, and commissioned before the previous government left office, they currently lack critical medical equipment and systems needed to function.
This comes in response to former Finance Minister, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, who, during the Minority’s “True State of the Nation Address” on Monday, March 3, said three Agenda 111 hospitals were fully completed and commissioned.
He also claimed a $1.3 billion dedicated funding source had been secured to complete all outstanding Agenda 111 projects.
But the health ministry, in a statement dated March 5, said the claims were inaccurate, adding that though $400 million had already been spent on the projects, none of the hospitals, including the three supposedly commissioned ones, were operational.
“On 3rd March 2025, the Minister for Health visited Trede in the Atwima Kwanwoma Municipality and Kokoben in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti Region to assess the current state of the Agenda 111 hospitals.
“During the visit, it was discovered that there was no medical gas system, imaging equipment, mortuary equipment, solid waste management, ophthalmology and medical furniture, dental equipment, ENT equipment, lab equipment, theatre equipment, etc.,” part of the statement read.
The ministry added, “The estimated cost to make the Trede, Kokoben and Ahanta facilities operational is $8.03 million each. Per the above-stated facts, the ministry emphasizes that the assertion by the former Finance Minister, Hon. Dr. Amin Adam, that these hospitals were completed and equipped before commissioning is inaccurate and a calculated attempt to mislead the general public.”
