The NDC Parliamentary Candidate in the Shama Constituency, Emelia Arthur, is demanding the ruling NPP commence work at the Shama hospital after four years of cutting the sod for work to commence
A visit to the site by the NDC Parliamentary Candidate in the area, Emelia Arthur, Ranking Member on the Health Committee of Parliament, and MP for Juaboso Constituency, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, shows no progress has been made since the sod was cut by President Akuffo Addo.
In 2020, President Akuffo Addo pledged a budget of 32 million euros for medical services for the residents, which initially sparked excitement and hope.
Mr. Mintah Akando, speaking to the media, expressed disappointment at the level of the construction during the inspection. He urged the government, as a matter of urgency, to make funds available for work to begin at the site.
“About 4 years ago, Parliament approved a loan facility amounting to 32 million euros for the construction of a district hospital in Shama. The president of the republic later came to cut a sod for work to begin.
“It is surprising to us that after all these years, it’s only a huge galley we came to meet. We were hoping to see some progress made, but that is not so. The government must know that the people of Shama also deserve better and should come and start work immediately. They are also Ghanaians.
Just as a fund has been secured for the construction of La Hospital, the same must be done for the people of Shama.”
For her part, Madam Emelia Arthur wondered why the people of Shama should be treated unfairly in the distribution of the national cake.
She observed that the only CHPS compound is dilapidated and not fit for residents to serve its purpose, considering the growing numbers of people in Shama and its environs who access healthcare there.
Madam Arthur stated, “Just look at the land; there were machines and other equipment here, but that has been taken away. No work is going on here. What wrong have the people of Shama done to deserve this?
We are citizens, not spectators, and we will continue to call on them to come and begin the work. Whatever we will do for them to give us a listening ear, we will do it.”
Residents of Shama also bemoaned the failure of the government to build the hospital to address their health needs.
