President John Dramani Mahama, as part of his one-day working visit to the Western Region, inspected ongoing construction works on the Western Regional Hospital Project at Apemanim.
The President also inspected the Effia Nkwanta and Public Health Laboratory before breaking ground for the dualisation of the Takoradi-Cape Coast section of the N1 Highway.
The Western Regional Hospital Project, which is 27% complete, is expected to be completed within 18 months.
The project was started by the previous administration, but came to a standstill due to the withdrawal of funding support from development partners because of the domestic debt exchange programme that the country had embarked upon.
President Mahama in his remarks, said: “I am optimistic that my next visit to this place will be the commissioning of this project.”
“The project stalled because we were heavily indebted under the previous regime, but we have successfully renegotiated several bilateral debt restructuring agreements, and Contractors who abandoned projects are returning to site.”
He noted that his administration would complete projects started by the previous administration.
Responding to an appeal by Nana Kwesi Agyeman IX, the Omanhene (Chief) of Lower Discove, President Mahama said under the Government’s flagship programme, the Big Push Agenda, major roads within the country would be constructed and that under the District Roads Improvement Programme, 10 kilometres of roads within selected districts would be constructed annually.
He said the Finance Minister had allocated an amount of GH₵30 billion for the execution of projects under the Big Push Agenda.
Nana Kwesi Agyeman IX expressed confidence that under President Mahama’s administration, the region would get its fair share of the national cake.
