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The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said the reconstruction of the La General Hospital which commenced January this year is expected to be completed within 28 months.
The La General Hospital was closed down for its redevelopment into a modern health institution, due to the dilapidated nature of existing facilities which made it unsafe for both staff and patients.
Delivering the State of the Nation Address (SONA), on February 27, at Parliament in Accra, President Akufo Addo said contractors have been paid to execute the project and would be completed within 28-months.
“Mr. Speaker, I am happy to announce that an alternative source of
funding has also been secured for the reconstruction and completion of
La Hospital Project, as a fully functional modern hospital, with the
necessary equipment for diagnosis and treatment. The contractor has
been paid an advance mobilisation of fifteen percent (15%), representing
some seven-point-five million dollars (US$7.5 million), and work is has
begun. The project commenced, effectively, in January this year, and will
be completed in twenty-eight (28) months.”
In consideration of this, the President assured the house that his government is dedicated to promptly finalizing the external debt restructuring process. This commitment aims to significantly advance the completion of projects that have faced constraints due to financial challenges.
“Mr. Speaker, we are committed to concluding the external debt
restructuring process as soon as possible, so we move past the crisis. This
will enable us to complete substantially projects that have been
constrained due to financial challenges. In the meantime, some of the priority projects have been transferred onto the GOG budget within the
same fiscal space to ensure their completion.” he said.
Furthermore, he stated that this initiative will empower his administration to successfully finish projects such as the Kumasi Airport and other ongoing developmental initiatives in the country.
“This will enable the Kumasi International Airport, which is some ninetyeight (98%) complete, to be completed by May. Other projects like the
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) Maternity Block in Kumasi, the
Takoradi Interchange, the Obetsebi-Lamptey Interchange in Accra, the
University of Environment and Sustainable Development Project at Bunso
in the Eastern Region, phase two of the construction of roads in Tamale,
and the construction of the eighty-four-kilometre (84km) railway line
between Tema and Akosombo, would also be completed.” he added.
