President Assures Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital To Be Completed In 18 Months

• The Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital project was halted following the debt restructuring program
• The new 250-bed Western Regional Hospital will ease pressure on existing health facilities and is expected to be completed within the next eighteen months
• During his visit, John Dramani Mahama also cut sod for the dualisation of the Takoradi–Cape Coast Road at Assorko Essaman in the Shama District

The Ghanaian healthcare sector is set for a huge boost after President John Dramani Mahama assured that the Western Regional Hospital will be completed within the next 18 months.

The project, which the current administration has classified as 25% complete, has experienced hiccups and was halted due to the debt restructuring program after being rolled out by the previous government.

Fast forward, and Mahama gave his word that the medical facility would be completed within the specified timeframe during a day’s visit to the Western Region on Tuesday, October 21, 2025.

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This comes even as Mahama began his one-day visit in the Ahanta West Municipality, where he inspected the stalled regional hospital project at Apemanim.

The Head of State views this as a responsibility passed on to him and has pledged to complete it, along with other stalled projects.

Need to reduce pressure on existing facilities

The President believes the essence of embarking on such projects is to distribute health facilities more evenly across the country, thereby reducing pressure on existing hospitals.

It is expected that once the 250-bed facility is up and running, overflow traffic from other hospitals will be reduced, moving the country even closer to its national development goals.

This political commitment was arrived at following an engagement with the Official Creditor Committee, leading to the Finance Ministry beginning the processing of the contractors' certificates.

President Mahama made his next stop at the regional capital, where he inspected the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital expansion project, which seeks to establish it as a teaching hospital. As it stands, the project is currently 45% complete.

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Mahama vowed to end the cycle where new governments intentionally abandon projects started by their predecessors, terming it a waste of resources and bad political culture.

“The intention for this project is to spread out our health facilities so that we do not put too much pressure on one facility. Effia Nkwanta Hospital has been the main hospital in the whole of the Western Region. And so, it was necessary to expand it and then build a second regional hospital at Apemanim.

"As I said during the campaign last year, one of the practices that has drawn Ghana back is abandoning projects initiated by the previous government. But the government is like a relay race; one government passes on the baton to the next. So this is the baton passed on to us, and I can assure you that whatever money has gone into this is the money of the Ghanaian taxpayer, and we will not let it go to waste. We will continue and finish this project,” he emphasised.

Western Region to access improved healthcare

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Western Regional Minister Joseph Nelson, speaking at the same event, expressed optimism that completion of the project would improve the quality of healthcare delivery in the region.

As part of his visit, John Mahama broke ground on the dualisation of the Takoradi–Cape Coast Road at Assorko Essaman in the Shama District, Western Region.

Mahama seals $1b investment deals in Singapore

Previously, YEN.com.gh reported that President John Dramani Mahama made remarkable strides with his recent trip to Singapore.

According to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Mahama is the first Ghanaian head of state to visit the island country in Southeast Asia.

In a Facebook post, Okudzeto Ablakwa disclosed that Mahama's trip to Singapore yielded US$1 billion worth of investment deals, marking a major milestone in Ghana's economic development.

Proofreading by Samuel Gitonga, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.

Source: YEN.com.gh