Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, Vice President of Ghana, has indicated that the government would partner with religious bodies to boost the health sector of the country.
Responding to an appeal by Most Rev. John Bonaventure Kwofie, CSSPs, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Accra Archdiocese, for support to complete a hospital project dubbed the Legacy of Hope, she said the partnership is a result of the benefits it would yield to the country as a whole.
Prof Opoku-Agyemang, speaking at the climax of the maiden Accra Archdiocesan Rosary Congress at the Christ the King Parish on October 18, 2025, said the government would embrace faith-based initiatives that propagate national development. “Government will work with the Church because this request is not for personal gain, but for the national interest,” she hinted.
Addressing Catholic faithfuls at the Rosary Congress, she encouraged them not to seek individual interest but always put national interest above everything, since it is the foundation for sustainable growth and unity.
She encouraged all and sundry to remain steadfast in the Lord and be grounded in Him always.
Archbishop Kwofie explained that the Legacy of Hope Paediatric and Childhood Cancer Hospital is designed to provide healthcare to children across the country and beyond, irrespective of religion or cultural background. He said the project has been halted due to a lack of funds for its continuation of the project.
“10 million cedis has brought the project to a halt. Sadly, there is corruption going on in some sectors of the country, while the hospital, which is a work of mercy and a beacon of hope, is for the benefit of all children of God and not limited to Catholics, is halted due to a lack of money.”
He appealed to individuals and well-meaning Ghanaians to support the Catholic Church to complete the Legacy of Hope Paediatric and Childhood Cancer Hospital, which is situated at Adjen Kotoku in the Ga West District of the Greater Accra Region.
Archbishop Kwofie also called on the President, John Dramani Mahama, to fast-track the prosecution and sentencing of corrupt officials.
He said officials “should be sentenced not to six months, one year, five years, but life imprisonment.” This, he explained, will serve as a deterrent to all officials who are corrupt to desist from doing so.
By Celestine Edem Gbologah
