President John Dramani Mahama has revealed that the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) is pursuing some contractors involved in the Agenda 111 hospital project who allegedly collected mobilisation funds but failed to commence work on site.
According to the President, investigations and accountability measures are being undertaken against contractors who received payments for the construction of hospitals under the Agenda 111 initiative but abandoned the projects at early stages or never moved to site at all.
Addressing members of the Northern Regional House of Chiefs at the Presidency on Friday, 15 May 2026, President Mahama criticised the decision to begin all 111 hospital projects simultaneously, describing the approach as imprudent.
“With the Agenda 111 hospitals, I don’t think it was a very prudent idea to start 111 hospitals at the same time. At least they should have been phased out,” he said.
The President disclosed that some of the projects remained only at foundation level despite mobilisation funds being released to contractors.
“But some at foundation level, even some of them, people took the mobilisation and never went to site. EOCO is going after them,” he stated.
President Mahama said government has now decided to prioritise the completion of 35 hospitals that are close to completion in order to make them operational and improve healthcare delivery across the country.
“What government has decided is that 35 that were almost near completion, government this year is going to put money in and continue them and complete them,” he added.
He further indicated that adequate financial provision would be made in future budgets to continue work on additional hospitals under the programme.
The President also announced that government is engaging faith-based organisations that operate healthcare facilities to adopt and complete some of the stalled hospitals for operation.
“We’re also inviting the faith-based organizations that run hospitals to adopt some of the hospitals that they think they can complete and operate,” he noted.
President Mahama reaffirmed government’s commitment to strengthening healthcare infrastructure nationwide, adding that efforts are also underway to establish a new cardiac centre at the Tamale Teaching Hospital to serve residents across the five northern regions.
The Agenda 111 project was introduced to expand access to healthcare through the construction of district and regional hospitals across Ghana, but several projects have faced delays and funding challenges.
Source: Mubarak Yakubu
