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AGENDA 111: Work commences on Bolgatanga East District Hospital

Mr David Akolgo Amoah, the District Chief Executive for Bolgatanga East, in the Upper East Region, has announced that construction work on a district hospital at Katanga has started.

Date Created : 3/14/2022 12:00:00 AM : Story Author : News Ghana

The project falls directly under the government’s agenda 111 initiative.

The hospital, he said, when completed would be equipped with ultramodern facilities to provide quality healthcare to residents and urged stakeholders in the district to support the project to ensure its completion within schedule.

The DCE made the announcement at Zuarungu, the District capital, at the commemoration of Ghana’s 65th Independence Day celebrations on the theme, “Working together, bouncing back better”.

The agenda 111 is government’s initiative to construct modern district and regional hospitals in various districts and regions without hospitals.

The move is aimed at providing quality health facilities across the country to address health challenges and bridge the health gap among Ghanaians.

Bolgatanga East District was one of the eight districts in the region benefiting from the package and work has already started in some of the beneficiary areas.

Mr Amoah commended the stakeholders, particularly the traditional authorities, opinion leaders and landowners for supporting development initiatives of the district by giving land for the construction of the district hospital.

“Work is currently ongoing and we are grateful to the President for this live-saving project”.

The DCE explained that the government was committed to address development challenges of Ghanaians, especially the education sector and it was against that backdrop that the Free Senior High School Education policy was introduced to relieve the financial burden on parents.

He, however, noted that teenage pregnancy was on the increase in the district and was derailing the efforts made in the education sector especially in the area of girl-child education and development.

“Statistics from the Ghana Health Service and Ghana Education Service indicate a high incidence of teenage pregnancy especially amongst pupils in the Bolgatanga East District and this is putting us in a bad light country wide, it must be of grave concern to us all,” he said.

Therefore, he advocated urgent collaborative efforts from all stakeholders including traditional and religious authorities, and parents to address the canker and promote the rights of girls.

A total of 25 schools, public and private basic, second cycle and tertiary institutions as well as vocational training institute joined to mark the day.