Mr Frank Yeboah, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Atwima Nwabiagya North, has urged government to present a clear and credible financing plan for the completion of the Agenda 111 Hospital projects initiated by the previous NPP regime.
Commenting on the 2026 Budget Statement and Economic Policy on the Floor of the House on Tuesday, Mr Yeboah described the alleged continued lack of transparency surrounding major national projects as “deeply worrying and unacceptable,” insisting that Parliament could not continue to approve large allocations without corresponding accountability.
According to the MP, the government’s own figures revealed glaring inconsistencies, observing that public estimates placed each Agenda 111 Hospital at about “GH¢170 million, with the entire project expected to cost over GH¢19 billion.”
“The 2026 Budget allocates only GH¢100 million to complete 10 Hospitals, an amount he said, “does not even complete one fully, let alone ten.”
“At this pace, it will take Ghana more than a century, 193 years, to complete Agenda 111. This is not planning; this is postponing national health needs into the distant future,” he stated.
On financing, particularly the Ghana Gold Board, Mr Yeboah raised an alarm that the GH¢4.5 billion allocation for 2025 had seen zero releases as of the third quarter, even though the government claimed it will fully expend the funds by the end of the year.
He, therefore, demanded a full explanation for the zero release of the fund and cautioned against any opaque or last-minute disbursement of public funds that could fuel perceptions of misappropriation.
He said, “how does a government fail to release even one cedi in nine months yet insist it will spend the full GH¢4.5 billion in the last three months? This raises serious red flags.”
Mr Yeboah urged Parliament to demand clarity on where the money was, why it had not been released, and how the government intended to disburse it without falling into what he described as “Episode 2 of the create, loot, and share saga.”
He insisted that transparent, accountable, and traceable disbursement processes must be put in place before any funds were released.
“Ghanaians deserve truth, not recycled promises. We need real financing plans, not wishful timelines. Agenda 111 cannot become a perpetual construction site, and GH¢4.5 billion cannot vanish into silence,” he emphasized.
The MP urged the Minister for Finance to return to Parliament with detailed funding roadmaps and implementation timelines, emphasisng that national projects of such magnitude could not continue without clarity, credibility, and accountability.