Mahama promises trainee nurses jobs through NPP's 'Agenda 111' hospitals he called unrealistic

A number of Ghanaians have expressed shock at the double standards of former President John Mahama over his latest promise to create jobs through the NPP's ambitious construction of hospitals in all districts and Regional capitals without hospitals, dubbed Agenda 111.

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic which exposed the inadequate health needs of the country, especially in many districts, the Akufo-Addo government announced immediate plans to construct hospitals in about 80 districts without district hospitals, as well as regional and specialist hospitals totalling 111 facilities, hence the name Agenda 111.

However, the NDC, led by former President Mahama pooh-poohed the idea and described it as overly ambitious and unrealistic when the NPP announced the plan in 2021.

In fact, as recently as March 2024, former President Mahama condemned the projects in multiple reports by the nation's leading news outlets.