President John Dramani Mahama has assured that the Sewua Hospital will be completed by the end of the year.
He emphasised that several projects initiated under his previous administration had stalled under the recently outgone administration, but he is committed to seeing them through to completion.
Speaking to the clergy in Kumasi on Sunday, President Mahama said “I’ve assured Otumfuo that we’ll complete the Sewua hospital this year. The completion would allow us to decongest Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital so that important rehabilitation works can continue there.”
He also noted that he has spoken to the managers of Euroget De-Invest S.A, the contractors, who have assured him that they will resume work in earnest at the Afari military hospital to ensure its speedy completion.
President Mahama highlighted other projects, such as the Suame Interchange and various road works, which were commenced without dedicated funding.
He acknowledged the need to find sources of funding to expedite these projects and ease the conditions and inconveniences faced by the residents of Kumasi.
“We are looking for sources of funding to speed up the work on this project so that we can ease the condition and inconvenience that the residents of Kumasi face,” he said.
He also addressed the stalled Kejetia Market phase II project, which was affected by the debt exchange.
Now that official negotiations with the creditor committee have concluded, President Mahama expressed optimism about resuming bilateral discussions with lenders to restart work on the project.
“Now that we have finished the official negotiations with the official creditor committee, it opens the way for us to have bilateral discussions with the lenders in order that they can resume work on Kumasi Market phase 2,” he added.
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