General News of Friday, 29 March 2019Source: mynewsgh.comNDC to petition Amidu over Govt’s 39 billion condom contract to Indian companyMartin Amidu, Special ProsecutorNational Democratic Congress (NDC) Deputy Regional Communication Officer Mr. Eric Adjei has announced plans to take on the government over a multi-million cedi contract to an Indian Company for the supply of a huge consignment of condoms for national use. He is set to petition the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu over the Three Million, Nine Hundred and Ninety Three Thousand, Nine Hundred and Thirty Ghana Cedis, Thirty Six Pesewas (GH?3, 993, 930.36) contract, allegedly awarded to Pharmanova Limited, an Indian company by the Ministry of Health for the supply of male condoms. The NDC executive further bemoaned the fact that Government could award such a contract to an Indian company, Pharmanova Limited whiles there are a number of pharmaceutical companies in Ghana that can produce these condoms. According to him, Kiss Condoms, Fiesta Condoms and others produced by Tobinco Pharmaceuticals and Ernest Chemist are wholly Ghanaians companies and that government should rather be encouraging those ones and not to verbally preach usage of Made in Ghana goods while empowering foreign companies. He reiterated his suspicion of some underhand dealings and threatened to petition the office of the Special Prosecutor to investigate the contract.

Source: GhanaWeb March 29, 2019 12:22 UTC