We haven’t abandoned projects; blame covid for unfinished projects – Agyeman-Manu

Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has attributed delay in the construction of some infrastructural projects to the impact of COVID-19.

Mr Agyeman-Manu’s statement follows former President Mahama’s claims that the Akufo-Addo-led government has abandoned projects he started under his administration.

The lack of continuity of projects, according to Mr John Mahama, has left the unfinished projects in a deplorable state.

“No reasonable Ghanaian can feel happy when taxpayer funds are put into projects and they are not ready to be used for the benefit and use of projects just because government changed and, so, the projects are left standing without being completed,” the 2020 flagbearer for the main opposition partyNational Democratic Congress (NDC) said on Bolgatanga-based URA Radio, as part of his Thank You tour on Tuesday, 17 August 2021.

But Mr Agyeman-Manu told the media at the Meet the Press series on Wednesday, 18 August 2021 that “I’m proud to stand before you to say that since I joined the ministry no project has been abandoned”.





He noted that “Last year, we did a lot of sod-cutting on some projects. We’re being asked questions as to why these projects have not started or been completed”.

He explained that the European contractors for the projects were supposed to have begun soon after the sod-cutting ceremonies but the impacts of COVID-19 such as the second wave in Europe, flight restrictions and quarantine and other setbacks hindered the arrival of European contractors assigned to take up some of the projects.

“Let me state that it looks like very soon, very quickly, all of us Ghanaians are forgetting about the fact that the world was hit by a pandemic which disrupted normal economic activities,” he said.

He further outlined some achievements chalked ever since his appointment as Health Minister and hinted at an infrastructural tour in the coming days “to show Ghanaians what is actually on the sites we’re talking about”.

Source: Classfmonline.com