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President Nana Akufo-Addo commissioned an 85-bed central Gonja district hospital, located in Buipe, Savannah region, at the start of his 2-day tour of the region
Buipe Hospital, construction of which began in 2018, is one of six medical facilities for which the government has secured an 80 million euro facility from the Raiffeisen Bank of Austria.
The hospital, along with five others in Somanya, Sawla, Bamboi, Tolon and Ketu North, was built by Vamed Engineering GmbH of Austria.
On October 20, 2020, President Akufo-Addo also commissioned the state-of-the-art 60-bed hospital for Weta in the northern district of Ketu.
Buipe Hospital is an 85-bed hospital which is equipped with an outpatient department (OPD), a radiology unit, a laboratory, a pharmacy, a dental unit, services for men and women, as well as pediatric and maternity units.
Indeed, before the construction of the Buipe hospital, its residents had to rely on the University Hospital of Tamale, or the Hospital of the Holy Family of Techiman.
Considering the distances to be traveled from Buipe to Tamale or Techiman, it had become imperative that the government build a health center in Buipe to meet the health needs of residents of the central district of Gonja.
The president hoped that the hospital would help improve the health needs of people in the district.
Indeed, in addition to the new hospital in the district of Buipe, President Akufo-Addo also revealed that the government has built health facilities in Mpaha, Digma and Tosinape and Kigberipe, all in the central district of Gonja.
Earlier today, the President paid a courtesy visit to the Overlord of Gonja, Yagbonwura, Tutumba Boresa Sulemana Jakpa, to thank him and the Region for the support offered to the New Patriotic Party during the elections of 2020.
Addressing the demand for potable water made by the Yagbonwura, President Akufo-Addo said he had already laid the groundwork for the construction of the Damongo water supply project to address the problem.
He explained that Covid-19 had delayed the implementation of the project, “but I am happy to inform you that by the first week of August, the contractor will come to the site to start the work”.
Reiterating his commitment to build some 1,500 kilometers of paved roads in 2021, he assured the Yagbonwura that the savannah region would benefit from this project, and reassured the Overlord of Gonja that the construction of the Regional House of Chiefs of the savannah will also start in earnest.
New RCC building
President Akufo-Addo also visited the site of the construction of a new 3-story administrative block of the Regional Coordination Council (RCC) for the Savannah region, located in Damongo.
The RCC building is currently 70% complete with concrete, cinder block, plastering, roofing, door frame, electrical piping and wiring and plumbing work all completed.
In accordance with the president’s directives to ensure a spatial distribution of public institutions in the newly created regions, a two-story administrative block for the regional directorate of education is also being built in Damongo.
A 2-storey administrative block for the regional health directorate in Daboya, a 2-storey administrative block for the regional agriculture directorate in Bole and a 2-storey administrative block for the regional service roads department in Salaga.
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