Member of Parliament Effiduase-Asokore Constituency and Owner of GhanaWeb Dr Nana Ayew Afriyie and his wife Maame Yaa Antwi have been fingered is the controversial $100m shady deal signed between the previous Akufo-Addo led government and Lightwave eHealthcare Solutions Limited.
Lightwave eHealthcare Solutions Limited was contracted but he erstwhile Akufo-Addo government to develop and deploy of Health Information Management Systems for the National Health Insurance.
The Tech company according to the Health Minister Mintah Akando was paid about $77million despite obviously failure to deliver even 50% of certain define milestones stipulated in the agreement ,
Lightwave rather is currently holding the data of several millions of Ghanaians to ransom after shutting down the system and demanding additional $34million payment the health Minister has said.
Recent report has revealed that Dr Nana Ayew Afriyie who as the then Chair of Parliament’s Health Committee and his wife were deeply involved in the facilitation that many has described as ripe off the meagre resources of the country.
A report filed by the Herald Newspaper qouted a sources within the Ministry who describe a “network of interlinked health deals” involving the MP, his wife, and private companies supplying consumables to government hospitals.
“This goes far beyond one contract; it’s an entire ecosystem of conflict of interest,” said one insider familiar with the procurement chain.
At Press briefing held at the Information Ministry in Accra on October 29, 2025, the Health Minister detailed how lightwave failed to deliver on their mandate from a forensic audit was conducted
As of 31st December, 2024, although 450 out of the 950 had been connected, the vendor had been paid about $77 million which is more than 70% of the total amount had been paid for less than 50% of the work
“At the end of 31st December, 2024, although 450 out of the 950 had been connected, the vendor had been paid about $77 million. Clearly, more than 70% of the total amount had been paid. And less than 50% of the work has been done. At that point, we had to refer everything to the AG and the appropriate courthouse including the security for advice and appropriate action. As a ministry, what we had to concern ourselves with was a solution of the matter to get out this mess. In order to avoid these disruptions and the shutdowns we are experiencing, although we didn’t have any contract with a vendor at the time we took over, we indicated to the vendor that the ministry was ready to sign service maintenance agreement covering the 450 health facilities.” he said
“In the agreement, we indicated that before we sign such an agreement with you, you have to hand over the data to the state and you must give us administrative access to the service. The vendor insisted that those clauses must be expunged from the agreement. Yet, we cannot expunge those clauses from the agreement because it is a state that must take charge of these data.”
“So the vendor decided to switch the system of as and when he desires and as and when he demands what. And this has gone on for some time now, more than two months. And for the past two weeks or so, the system has been completely down.”
“If this is not blackmailing, I don’t know what it is. At that point, what was important was to find a solution to get out of this mess. And so, ladies and gentlemen, the good news is that we have the solution.” he added