The Ministry of Health in their defense have explained that the vaccines had to be procured through middlemen since they could not be accessed directly from the manufacturer. “He should know that Ghanaians are very vigilant; so this one, I think the Health Minister has been too sloppy and the least the President can do is to sack him. "The President should know that we are very angry with what the Health Minister has done, he has not shown prudence at all and has also shown no sensitivity to how Ghanaians react to issues of money,” Kpebu stated. In a related development, the Minority in Parliament is calling for immediate cancellation of the said contract. Ranking Member on Parliament’s Health Committee, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has stated that the procurement of the Sputnik vaccines at a cost of $19 per dose instead of $10 smacks of financial impropriety and cost inflation.

Source: GhanaWeb June 14, 2021 10:18 UTC