Former Assin Central MP Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has voiced frustration over the prolonged delay in making the Afari Military Hospital in the Ashanti Region fully operational, calling it a missed opportunity to strengthen healthcare delivery nationwide.
Speaking to journalists after donating a pickup truck and 15 motorcycles to the Ghana Police Service at the Accra Regional Police Headquarters on Tuesday, June 16, the former NPP flagbearer aspirant criticised successive governments — including the NPP administration under which he chaired Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee.
He stressed that the hospital, envisioned as a major facility for both military personnel and civilians, should have been completed years ago, given the scale of investment already committed to its construction.
Reflecting on the history of the project, he noted that the foundation for the hospital was laid during the administration of former President John Agyekum Kufuor, while substantial construction works were undertaken under a subsequent National Democratic Congress (NDC) government.
Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has criticised his own party, the NPP, for failing to complete and operationalise the Afari Military Hospital during its eight years in office, despite inheriting the project.
He noted that the initiative was first conceived under President John Agyekum Kufuor, later advanced by the NDC, but stalled under the NPP administration. “I am NPP, and I am telling you the gospel truth. I was Chairman of Defence and Interior, and we did nothing,” he admitted.
Agyapong further recalled that attempts to inspect the Afari facility were blocked, stressing that while some claim the hospital has been idle for 15 months, the reality is that the NPP had eight years in power and failed to deliver.
Source: Isaac Offei
