Kwaku Agyemang Manu, the former Health Minister, has fired shots at the NDC government following claims they made against him in opposition.
According to Kwaku Agyemang Manu, despite the NDC’s claims in opposition, he walks free without arrest or intimidation.
He noted that the NDC in opposition stated he would be arrested and locked up, but after a year in office, he is still free.
Speaking in a viral video shared on X, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu stated, “I’m not that desperate; I have not been crying for help. Some people said either I would fall sick or die, but here I stand. Some said I would be arrested and locked up. A year has passed, and here I stand”.
In this world, if you are truthful… not every person would like what you are doing. No matter what you do, you would certainly step on someone’s foot. But when you step on someone’s foot, and you apologise, and the person accepts, great,” he said.
It will be recalled that the Ministry of Health, under the leadership of Kwaku Agyemang-Manu in 2020, paid UNICEF/AVAT over 120 million dollars for Coronavirus vaccines but failed to receive all vaccines from the supplier.
“Ministry of Health, on behalf of the Government of Ghana, paid an amount of US$120,192,379.80 to UNICEF/AVAT for the supply of vaccines. However, 5,109,600.00 doses of vaccines valued at US$38,322,000.00 were supplied to the National Cold Room, leaving a difference of US$81,870,379.80 with UNICEF/AVAT,” the 2022 Auditor General’s report stated.
“This led to public agitation, with critics demanding the retrieval of the over US$80 million at UNICEF/AVAT and also calling for heads to roll.
The report also noted that records on COVID-19 funds at the Ministry of Finance, Controller and Accountant-General and Ministry of Health indicated that the Ministry of Finance mobilised a total amount of GH¢19,112,318,205.12 in 2020 to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The records showed that an amount of GH¢1,978,551,137.46 was mobilised in 2021 and GH¢753,319,842.66 (up to June 2022) to finance the Coronavirus Alleviation Programme and the implementation of the Ghana COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan.
In all, a total amount of GH¢21,844,189,185.24 was mobilised to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic”, reports added.
Also, Kwaku Agyemang Manu was accused of allowing Frontier Health Service Limited to operate without a licence during COVID-19.
“Kwaku Agyemang Manu, appearing before the appointment committee in 2021, explained the decision to allow Frontier Health Service Limited to start testing for COVID-19 at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) before eventually being licensed.
During his vetting, Agyemang Manu admitted to a question posed by North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa that the company was allowed to start operating when it had not been granted a permit.
The North Tongu MP said the company started operating on September 1, 2020, but was licensed on November 3, the same year, after it had already commenced operations”.
In answering, the Health Minister-designate at the time explained: “In the pandemic, we had a phrase we were using. We said that we were not in normal times.
“There were certain things that we had to do and try to rectify as we go forward because of the urgency of the situation.”
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I am shock NDC @OfficialNDCGh hasn’t prosecuted me despite corruption allegations- Kwaku Agyemang Manu, Former Health Minister brags 😏
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