General News of Monday, 19 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• The Health Minister appeared before the Parliamentary Committee looking into the procurement of Sputnik V vaccines• While there, Health minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, said that he took the decision while 'not thinking properly'• Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says that excuse is atrociousSamuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, has expressed great worry over the statements of the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, on "not thinking properly." Kwaku Agyemang-Manu admitted that he did not do due diligence before contacting the office of one Emirati Sheikh, H.H Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum, for 3.4 million doses of Sputnik V at a unit cost of $19. What ensued in Ghana after the exposé was a controversy, including demands by the minority for the deal to be investigated, following which a parliamentary committee was subsequently set up to probe the deal. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa reacting to the Minister, said the reponse is "not the kind of output anyone expects from a Health Minister during a pandemic." "As our Ministers publicly profess not to be thinking properly, dubious middlemen & shonky sheikhs continue to exploit and fleece us," he tweeted.

Source: GhanaWeb July 19, 2021 22:18 UTC