Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has criticized the government's Agenda 111 project, which aims to construct over 80 hospitals simultaneously.

He emphasized that embarking on such a massive construction project without a clear and sustainable source of funding is unreasonable.

Mr. Mahama expressed these reservations during a dialogue with clergy members in Accra, stating that the government's agenda appears unrealistic and may not be achievable within a reasonable timeframe.

“This government started their Agenda 111 as they call it and they started with 80 hospitals. I don’t know what survey was done before the hospitals were being put up, but most of them are at a certain stage of completion. One would have thought that they would start with what they can do and finish," he is quoted by MyJoyOnline to have said.

He proposed an alternative approach, suggesting that it would have been more sensible to begin with a smaller number of hospitals, such as 40, ensuring their completion before initiating further projects.

“And so if you can do 40 hospitals, finish and open them, then you start another. But you spread to 80 hospitals, and by the time they leave office, I don’t think many of them would have been completed," he said.