Effects of delays in completion of health facilities for local communities: A case of the Ningo Prampram District
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2021-07-05
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The high rate of abandoned projects in Ghana have become topical in most intellectual
discussions today. The rate at which health construction projects have been
discontinued by new governments are alarming therefore, the aim of this research was
to investigate the effects of delays in completion of health facilities for local
communities in Ningo Prampram. The specific objective of the study includes; to
identify the causes of delay in completion of health facilities in the Ningo Prampram
District; to examine the effect of delay in completion of health facilities in the Ningo
Prampram District and to provide measures on timely delivery in completion of health
facilities in the Ningo Prampram District. The study adopted the quantitative approach
to research with mainly a deductive and or descriptive research design. These designs
helped the researcher to provide information and describe them using narrative of
figures which represent the opinions expressed by the respondents. The study used
purposive. These sampling techniques helped the researcher draw out samples of about
40 respondents who knew so much about health projects and their impacts on the Ningo
Prampram District. In other to solicit information from the respondents without
recording any form of bias, a closed ended questionnaire was used to draw out strict
and coherent responses that were in line with the research objectives. The analysis of
the study was conducted using descriptive statistics as well as inferential statistics in
the form of regression analysis. The regression analysis was used to test the effect and
significance of delay in completion of the health facilities at Ningo Prampram.
The study results showed from the regression analysis that there is a positive effect of
delay in completion projects of health facilities in Ningo Prampram. Secondly the study
accomplishes that, there is a significant association between delay in completion and
the nature of health facilities in Ningo Prampram. Addressing financial issues in
relation to project completion, hiring the right staff for the right job, and availability of
the raw materials were the key measures for ensuring project completion
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A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Award Degree of Master of Science in Project Management.
Keywords
Delay of completion, health facilities, local communities