The La General Hospital would have to be "scale down a bit" because the funding for its reconstruction has been withheld by the sponsors, Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has announced in parliament.
Making a statement on the floor of the
house on Tuesday, 7 November 2023, Mr Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu said Ghana's tottering
economy that necessitated an IMF bailout, is to blame for the withholding of
the funds by the sponsors.
“Mr. Speaker, what has happened is
that after the engagement with the IMF, funding from those sources that
parliament approved of, the funding has been withheld by the sponsors,"
the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs explained.
"Mr Speaker, until the nation is
given a clean bill of health by the IMF, it is going to be difficult for the
funding to be released," he noted, adding: "This is why the
government now wants to situate it within the context of Agenda 111, and that
will mean that the facility will have to be scaled down a bit."
The La General Hospital was downed in
July 2020 over structural defects.
The following month, the president cut
sod for its reconstruction but that has not happened up to today.
Source:Classfmonline