In order to start work on the project, the contractors allocated to the Danfa District Hospital in the Greater Accra Region under the agenda 111 policy must immediately return to the site, according to the minority in parliament.
The group laments the fact that construction on the health center has not yet begun, despite more than $1 million having been allocated to the contractors as mobilization funds since last year [2022].
The ranking member, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, asked the government to be dedicated to the project while the minority members of the Health Committee of Parliament visited the proposed location.
“Approximately $1.3 million has been paid to these contractors, and so we were expecting that at least by now we could see some structures on site. But unfortunately, there’s no structure on-site at all
“And so we are calling on government to immediately find the whereabouts of these companies/contractors. We should see some action at site, because they have been paid,” the Ranking Member on the Health Committee of Parliament fumed.
Don’t allow reshuffle to divide us – Muntaka
Muntaka is not happy with the supposed lack of consultation on the part of the leadership of the National Democratic Congress prior to the announcement.
“Most of our colleagues are being drawn into attempts to divide us, we should be very careful because we have a party that must win the 2024 elections, and it is not about the Haruna Iddrisu-led administration neither is it about those that have been mentioned to take over. It is about principle and if that principle is ignored and just a few individuals act without the party’s structures, then we are all in danger,” he said at t a press conference on Thursday, January 26, 2023, in Parliament.
When we win the election, is that how decisions are going to be made? I don’t think that is how we will want things to be done. The party’s constitution also mandates us to adhere to democratic principles at all times. It is only fair that we make these complaints because we want to keep the principles.”
Mr. Muntaka further intimated that he wouldn’t have had any issue with the decision if it was properly handled and gone through all the party structures required of such decisions.
“I can assure you that if this decision is taken through our caucuses, I will support it 100 percent and support whoever is appointed to take over.”
