The health minister has been under pressure to resign or be sacked by the President over the vaccine contract but according to investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, the finance minister deserves to be blamed as much as Mr Agyeman-Manu is being hounded. “Agyeman-Manu, says he did not know that the Sheikh had been paid. In his barrage of questions directed at the Finance Minister, Manasseh dared Mr Ofori-Atta to provide answers to his questions while sharing his belief that the Minister would have conducted due diligence in his duty if he was acting as the manager of his own company. And did you not communicate the payment to him after paying without his knowledge?” Manasseh further questioned. Sheikh Al Maktoum in a reply to the Minister has indicated his willingness to refund the amount of $2,470,000 to the state.

Source: GhanaWeb August 10, 2021 11:37 UTC