New Patriotic Party flagbearer Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has accused the Mahama administration of abandoning the Agenda 111 hospital programme, arguing that completing the projects would expand healthcare access and create thousands of jobs for health professionals.
Dr Bawumia said the programme inherited from the previous NPP administration had stalled under the National Democratic Congress government.
Addressing the NPP National Delegates Conference in Kumasi on Saturday, October 3, he said Agenda 111 was designed to provide hospitals in districts without adequate health facilities.
“Our crucial national healthcare intervention, Agenda 111, which was designed to provide all districts without much-needed district hospitals, has stalled,” he said.
Dr Bawumia claimed the hospitals would have been completed had the NPP remained in government.
He argued that completion of the projects would have improved healthcare access for millions of Ghanaians while providing employment opportunities for health graduates.
“If the NPP was in office, these hospitals would have been completed to provide easy access to healthcare to millions of Ghanaians and tens of thousands of jobs to health graduates,” he said.
The former Vice President sought to contrast the hospital programme with the government’s 24-hour economy interventions.
“Apparently, this government prefers 24-hour markets to hospitals,” he said.
Dr Bawumia also accused the government of allowing conditions under the Free Senior High School programme to deteriorate.
He claimed feeding had worsened despite the NDC’s promise to improve meals for students and also criticised the government over the double-track system.
According to him, the NDC had criticised the previous administration’s use of double-track and promised to abolish it but had failed to do so.
Dr Bawumia maintained that Free SHS would perform better under an NPP administration, describing the programme as one of his party’s major social interventions.
His comments formed part of a wider attack on the Mahama administration’s performance as the NPP intensifies its reorganisation ahead of the 2028 general election.
