Former President John Dramani Mahama has ridiculed the promise by President Akufo-Addo to establish eighty-eight (88) district and six (6) Regional hospitals in the country.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, during his 8th address on COVID-19, assured Ghanaians that his government will construct a total of 94 health facilities in a year.
The President noted that the projects will begin this year saying, "the government has decided to undertake a major investment in our healthcare infrastructure, the largest in our history. We will, this year, begin constructing eighty-eight (88) hospitals in the districts without hospitals. It will mean ten (10) in Ashanti, nine (9) in Volta, nine (9) in Central, eight (8) in Eastern, seven (7) in Greater Accra, seven (7) in Upper East, five (5) in Northern, five (5) in Oti, five (5) in Upper West, five (5) in Bono, four (4) in Western North, four (4) in Western, three (3) in Ahafo, three (3) in Savannah, two (2) in Bono East, and two (2) in North East Regions. Each of them will be a quality, standard-design, one hundred bed hospital, with accommodation for doctors, nurses and other health workers, and the intention is to complete them within a year. We have also put in place plans for the construction of six (6) new regional hospitals in the six (6) new regions, and the rehabilitation of the EffiaNkwanta Hospital, in Sekondi, which is the regional hospital of the Western Region".
But to former President Mahama, President Nana Akufo-Addo is making "knee jerk promises" not borne out of "critical thinking".
Mr Mahama stated that the President is only reacting because the impact of COVID-19 has exposed his administration's failures.
"While even more investment is required to augment the existing health infrastructure, it is important the plan to do so is credible and clearly thought through. What we should avoid is knee jerk promises that appear reactive than the product of critical thinking and well-coordinated response to an existing or emerging problem,"
"The reaction of the public to the President's promise to construct 94 new hospitals in one year is understandable considering his rather tall list of unfulfilled or poorly implemented promises from yesteryears. I believe in a well thought out and forward-looking agenda which ensures further strategic investment in our health structure to meet contemporary and future challenges," he emphasized in a digital conversation on May Day.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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See who is talking of critical thinking. If as president you were thinking critically, you would not have lost the elections by a million votes. Your utterances then and now show clearly you are NOT a critical thinker.
Is anyone listening to this ***barred word***? Massa go and sleep with your greediness..... Talk is cheap. You have sweet tongue paaaaaaa
John Dramani Mahama. Kindly take my advise. Ghanaians have has enough of you as a politician. You were an MP, Deputy Minister and then Minister. Your were vice president for 4 years; President for 4 years 5 months. You have led this country as a Vice-President and President for 8 years. You lost by over 1 million votes in 2016. My dear John, your massive lost, even when you were the sitting President, should tell you Ghanaians are fed up with you and we need a new person. One canker that is destroying you is Ghanaians perception of you as a corrupt leader. Ghanaians also believe you have no message, and by that, you don't inspire hope for the people of Ghana. Messages like Free SHS, 1-District 1 factory, farming for Food and Jobs, and more recently 1-District 1 Hospitals (88 District hospitals); and 1 Region 1 Hospitals (6 hospitals for Regions) are what inspire hope. I am pretty sure, some NDC members are happy to see you spend your wealth on them in the spirit of campaigning for you. Don't be deceived. Be wise.
JOHN MAHAMA DON'T SENSE ANGYMORE. SO SO FOOLING
I will prefer incompetent Mahama at any day who can build modern hospitals,markets,roads schools in 4 yrs than a mentally Retarded and sleeping president who use my taxes to build cathedral and trot on the globe in a rented expensive jet who will import corona. the fight against ebola is unparreled with the one who open the floodgate for corona
ELECTIONS AT ANY TIMES IS BASICALLY A WIN A LOSE. CHECK RECORDS OF MAHAMA AND NANA IN TERMS WINNING ELECIONS. NANA CONTESTED FOR THE FLAGBEARER IN 1988, HE LOST KUFFOUR, FAST TRACK 2008 NPP PRIMARIES, HE DID NOT GAIN 50% PLUS AT THE PRIMARIES. HE LOST AGAINST MILLS IN 2008. HE LOST AGINST MAHAMA IN 2012. HE WON 2016 AGAINST MAHAMAMA BASED ON FANTHOM AND EMPTY PROMISES. SECTOR BY SECTOR AVIATION/TRANSPORT , TERMINAL 3, REHABILATION OF ADOMI BRIDGE,KUMASI RUNWAY, HO AIRPORT, EDUCATION. AT LEAST 70 FRESH BRAND NEW SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN 4 YRS. ULTRA MODERN DUBAI CIRCLE, KASOA OVERHEAD, KEJETIA MARKET, KOTOKURABA MARKET, RIDGE HOSPITAL,LEGO BRAND NEW HOSPITALS IN THE ENERGY SECTOR. MAJOR POWER GENERATING PLANTS, AMERI, KARPOWER,AKSA, BRIGE POWER, EXTENSION OF POWER TO RURAL COMMUNITIES. CURRENTLY, AFTER BUILDING YOUR OWN HOUSE, YOU CANNOT GET METERS LET A LONE SEPARATE METERS. NPP PRIORITY IS VOTERS REGISTER, BUILDING OF CATHEDRAL,BUILDING OF SECOND CHAMBER. COLLAPSING OF THE BANKING SECTOR, RADIO STATIONS ETC.
Not sure if this Mahama guy knows that Ghanaians are very fed up with him. Saying all the right things will not get you elected because Ghanaians know that you are very inc0mpetent when it comes to governance. Please give us a break!
DID HE NOT PROMISE BUILDING 200 SHS IN 90 DAYS. HOW MANY DID HE BUILD AT THE END OF THE FOUR YEARS. PLEASE WE ALREADY KNOW YOUR TRACK RECORD, HOW YOU RUN THIS NATION DOWN IN THE FOUR YEARS OF YOUR ADMINISTRATION. PLEASE GIVE US A BREAK. WE DON'T HAVE SHORT MEMORIES NOW OOOOOOOOOO.
You build fanfare buildings for outward pleasure but no equipment or personnel... When you effectively barred potential nurses from enrolling and completing nursing training by withdrawing allowances, placing a moratorium on employment to satisfy IMF conditions etc etc .... Please have you not realized that politics in Ghana is no longer about lies and propaganda?
Well we are not going to fly on AIRBUS with INCOMPETENT pilot through DUMSO to IMF again when little babies 👶 with SHARP TEETH 🦷 are on board and land us on WOYOMEY’S backyard. I know there could be FORD EXPEDITION to take us by land but we would have preferred BUS 🚌 BRANDING driven by ATIVOR in the middle of BERKO POWER BRIBERY CRISIS which again indicated DOUBLE SALARY so I now decree like the Jews said never again to ndc. NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU