MP for Juaboso and the Ranking Member for Health Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has described the government’s sod-cutting ceremony to convert the Bono Regional Hospital in Sunyani into a Teaching Hospital as a hoax.
Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang Manu cut the sod for the project on Saturday. However, Mr Mintah Akandoh, in a statement on behalf of the Minority in Parliament, said the government’s 2024 budget statement and financial estimates read on Wednesday had no allocation for the construction or expansion of the Sunyani hospital.
“There is no known government policy, financial allocation and the political will to undertake such an expansion of the facility into a teaching facility, and the minister knows there is no allocation in the 2024 budget,” the MP noted.
The sod cutting, he added, is just another grandstanding by the government to deceive the people of Bono and the country.
Arguing out his case, Hon. Akandoh pointed out that “… the supposed sod cutting amid an IMF programme and the proximity to an election year is suspicious – especially when the project was not captured in the budget.”
The ranking member reminded Ghanaians of the government’s failure to fund similar projects promised over the years after demolishing the well-functioning La General Hospital and an Accident and Emergency Centre at the Dormaa Hospital.
Source: Starrfm.com
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That is NDC for you. They did same against FREE SHS
Hahahaaaa, it's not new. Your party (NDC) did more of such 419 sod cuttings where you were in power. Am happy you (so called politicians) have started exposing yourself for Ghanaians to see and know you are all azaaaaaa. I challenge the Chiefs to ask whoever is cutting sod for any project to seek for immediate answers as to the source of funding i.e. Whether money has been dedicated for the project especially all new projects beginning from 2024. If the funding source is Government of Ghana (GOG) know that they are deceiving you. We were all in this country when a functioning hospital was pulled down in Accra for a new one to constructed. As at today, more than 3 years after the sod was cut for the project to commence , you can't find 1 block, not 100 oooooo, i mean 1 block at the site. Today we are being told the donor for the project held back funding because Ghana went to the IMF. Question is ; if the hospital structure were your personal property, will you demolish it simply because someone agreed to provide money for a new one when the money have not hit your account? Will you?