The Ranking Member on Parliament’s Health Committee, Dr Nana Ayew Afriye, has challenged the current National Democratic Congress (NDC) government to complete inherited infrastructure projects, particularly in the health sector.

Commenting on the 2025 Budget Statement during parliamentary proceedings on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, Dr Afriye urged the NDC to emulate the New Patriotic Party (NPP), which he noted avoids politicising health infrastructure and commits to finishing inherited projects.

“The beauty of NPP’s thinking; we always continue projects that NDC leaves. Whenever NDC comes, they are unable to continue; they abandon them. Mr. Speaker, they abandon them, and I have a reason to say so. They did so to Euroget projects — the Euroget projects at Wa. It was left until Akufo-Addo came. They did so also to Afari Military Hospital. It was supposed to be in Kumasi; they tried to move it to Accra, they tried to relocate it to the north. Eventually, after two, three years, it came back to Kumasi, and very soon, they will need power there, and when the power goes to the site, it will be fully complete. You are to see to it,” he said.

He emphasised that Ghanaians ultimately have no interest in political affiliations and are more concerned with the quality of healthcare and their lifestyle, stressing the need to avoid politicising the health sector.

“That is the beauty of it, continue it. The people of Ghana don’t care about your NDC and NPP; all they care about is their healthcare and that their lifestyle must change. Overpoliticisation is not good; it is dangerous for healthcare,” he stated.

The NPP has been critical of the contents of the 2025 Budget Statement presented to Parliament by the Minister of Finance, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, on March 11, 2025.

According to the opposition, the budget, among other shortfalls, fails to outline a source of funding for the completion of the Agenda 111 projects, a key infrastructure initiative of the previous government.



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