Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has reacted to the president’s decision to construct 88 new hospitals as part of efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the MP, he would rather trust in a leader who doesn’t have to wait for a pandemic to invest in hospitals.
“I will rather trust a leader who didn’t have to wait for a pandemic to invest in hospitals. #GodBlessJM,” he wrote on Facebook.
In his 8th address to the nation, the president of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Akufo-Addo said his government will begin the construction of 88 new hospitals in the districts without hospitals.
“We will, this year begin constructing eighty-eight (88) hospitals in the districts without them.”
“It will mean ten (10) in Ashanti, nine (9) in Volta, nine (9) in Central, eight (8) in Eastern, seven (7) in Greater Accra, seven (7) in Upper East, five (5) in Northern, five (5) in Oti, five in (5)in Upper West, Five (5) in Bono, four (4) in Western North, four (4) in Western, three (3) in Ahafo, three (3) in Savannah, two (2) in Bono East, and two in North East (2) regions.”
