Pressure mounts on the health minister to resign
Ghanaians mount pressure on Health Minister to resign or be sacked by Akufo-Addo over Covid-19 vaccine scandal
Following the scandal that engulfed the procurement of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, pressure has since mounted on the Health Minister to vacate his position. With the hashtag #AgyemanManuMustGo topping the trends currently on Twitter.
As it stands now Over 6,000 tweets have accompanied the hashtag as Ghanaians pressurize President Akufo-Addo to sack the embattled Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, or the latter resigns.
The situation is caused by the damming details contained in the report of the nine-member Parliamentary Committee set up to investigate the purchase of Sputnik V vaccines by the Dormaa Central Member of Parliament.
However, the parliamentary committee that probed the deal revealed in its report, which was subsequently debated on the floor of Parliament, that the Minister failed to seek prior parliamentary approval in accordance with Article 181(5) of the 1992 Constitution or adopt due emergency processes under a certificate of urgency in accordance with the Standing Orders of Parliament.
The Minister was also blamed for failing to secure approval from the board of the public procurement authority under Sections 40 and 41 of Act 663, before executing the international agreements.
By: Stella Annan | myactiveonline.com Twitter @activetvgh
