The Special Aide and official spokesperson for the Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr Frank Amoakohene, Hussein Ibrahim, has clarified why the minister’s wife gave birth in the UK.
According to Hussein Ibrahim, a medical condition forced Dr Frank Amoakohene’s wife to deliver in the UK, adding that it was never the plan for her to give birth there.
He disclosed that a week before the Regional Minister and his wife were due to return, the wife developed a condition known as placenta praevia.
Hussein Ibrahim detailed that doctors advised that if she attempted to fly back to Ghana, it could put her life, the life of the unborn baby, or both at risk.
Special Aide and official spokesperson boldly added that Dr Frank Amoakohene’s wife did not leave Ghana with the initial intention of giving birth abroad.
Speaking in an interview on Oyerepa FM, Hussein Ibrahim explained, “They travelled to the UK and had about a week left before returning to Ghana when the situation arose. My boss informed me that his wife had developed a medical condition called placenta praevia and was experiencing bleeding.
“It was never their intention to travel there to give birth. The condition forced the situation. The doctors advised that it would be unsafe for her to fly back to Ghana, so they recommended that she be admitted and managed there,” he said.
It will be recalled that some Ghanaians on the social media platform X are mounting pressure on the Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr Frank Amoakohene, after he shared photos of his wife who delivered a bouncy baby.
In a post shared by Dr Frank Amoakohene, he wrote, “Meanwhile, congratulations to my lovely wife for blessing our family with a bouncing baby boy. We are deeply grateful to God for this precious gift and the joy he has brought into our lives”.
In another post, the Ashanti Regional Minister stated, ” Late-night Father Duties.
I think I also deserve some congratulations for working all round”.
However, following the post, netizens have been calling out the Ashanti Regional Minister for flying his wife to deliver their child in the United States instead of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, where he works with the wife.
A netizen wrote, “You worked at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, and your wife also worked there.
Yet when it was time for her to give birth, she did not use the same hospital where both of you were employed.
Instead, she was flown to the United States at taxpayers’ expense because of a Green Card.
Dr Frank Amoakohene”.
Another X user added, “I don’t think you should have exposed the fact that you went to have your child abroad. Why should others have children in Ghana, and you, a minister of state, go outside to have your child there? I like and admire you, but you’re making a fool of those who put you in power. Make Ghana better so we will not need to go abroad and have kids”.
Meanwhile, Paul Adom-Otchere, a Broadcast Journalist, has alleged that the Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr Frank Amoakohene, took taxpayers’ $40,000 to send his wife abroad to deliver.
According to Adom-Otchere, Dr Amoakohene is robbing Ghanaians by taking his wife to America to have a child.
He asserted that the Ashanti Regional Minister flew his wife to America to have a baby, quizzing whether ordinary Ghanaians can also wife fly to America to have a baby when they are not government officials.
The veteran journalist called for an investigation into the circumstances surrounding a trip by the Ashanti Regional Minister and his wife to the United States.
Paul Adom-Octhere questioned how the Ashanti Regional Minister funded his wife’s childbirth trip to the US.
He claimed that the regional minister’s salary is not a salary that could have taken him to America, alleging that the cost of the trip could have been between $40,000 and $50,000.
Watch the video below:
Medical condition (Placenta Praevia) forced Dr. Frank Amoakohene's wife to deliver in ne UK; It was never the plan for her to give birth there- Hussien Ibrahim, spokesperson to Dr. Frank Amoakohene. pic.twitter.com/7vDoeOMC6R
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