{"id":397453,"date":"2018-02-02T08:14:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T08:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=397453"},"modified":"2018-02-02T08:14:56","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T08:14:56","slug":"aregion-over-20-yr-old-abandoned-akotosu-hospital-site-harbours-criminals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/aregion-over-20-yr-old-abandoned-akotosu-hospital-site-harbours-criminals\/","title":{"rendered":"A\/Region: Over 20-yr old abandoned Akotosu hospital site harbours &#8216;criminals&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A health facility intended to serve residents at Aboabo-Akotosu, near the Kumasi Airport in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti Region has been left uncompleted for almost two decades.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-397472\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Akotosu-health-facility-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Akotosu-health-facility-2.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Akotosu-health-facility-2-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Akotosu-health-facility-2-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Akotosu-health-facility-2-1024x576.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The uncompleted building, which has now been taken over by weeds and reptiles is now a haven for criminals, with no sign of an expected completion.<\/p>\n<p>The land was secured by a philanthropist, Alhaji Danladi 20 years ago, to build a health facility to serve the vulnerable residents there, but after his passing not long after, not much has been seen at the project site.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-397471\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Akotosu-health-facility-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Akotosu-health-facility-1.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Akotosu-health-facility-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Akotosu-health-facility-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Akotosu-health-facility-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Although authorities say they are currently holding talks with other philanthropists to help complete the\u00a0facility, the residents are uncertain about\u00a0how long the process could take.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-397470\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Akotosu-health-facility-5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Akotosu-health-facility-5.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Akotosu-health-facility-5-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Akotosu-health-facility-5-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Akotosu-health-facility-5-1024x576.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now known as the &#8216;farm&#8217;, the project site has gained\u00a0notoriety because of the increasing illicit operations by criminals there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2017, there was a fierce gun battle when police officers engaged some suspected criminals who were lodging in the building. One of the suspects died in the process and a police officer injured.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-397468\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Akotosu-health-facility-3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Akotosu-health-facility-3.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Akotosu-health-facility-3-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Akotosu-health-facility-3-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Akotosu-health-facility-3-1024x576.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Chief Executive of the Asokore Mampong Municipal Assembly, Alhaji Alidu\u00a0Seidu in an interview with <strong>Citi News<\/strong>,\u00a0said negotiations are far advanced to take over the land from the family to have the project completed.<\/p>\n<p>The completion of the facility will help residents cut down on the long hours they spend in accessing healthcare in other facilities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abandoned health facilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This came to light on the back of\u00a0<strong>Citi News\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0consistent report on some completed but abandoned health projects scattered across the country.<\/p>\n<p>They include abandoned CHPS compound at Ofankor, Tetegu,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/23\/ghc320000-teshie-chps-compound-abandoned-since-2016-audio\/\"><strong>Teshie all in\u00a0 Accra.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other major ones that have been reported by\u00a0<strong>Citi FM<\/strong>\u00a0are the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/21\/1400-staff-shortlisted-ug-medical-centre-mettle-nunoo\/\"><strong>$217 million University of Ghana Medical Centre<\/strong><\/a>, the Bank of\u00a0 Ghana Hospital and the solar-powered medical centre at the Volo Digital Village in the Volta Region.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Hafiz Tijani\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A health facility intended to serve residents at Aboabo-Akotosu, near the Kumasi Airport in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti Region has been left uncompleted for almost two decades. 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