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I’m Not Bothered About Minority’s Call for My Dismissal – Health Minister
Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, says he is not perturbed by the Minority’s call for his dismissal from office due to his involvement in the botched Sputnik V vaccine deal.
In an interview with Joy News’ Kwesi Parker-Wilson, the Dormaa Central MP said he is unaware of the Minority’s vote of censure against him.
“Perturbed of what? What is my crime? That is why I said I do not want to talk to any journalist now; I will get too emotional…There was a committee, and the House has adopted the Committee’s report; I want to end there,” he said.
The Minority on Wednesday filed a motion backed by all 137 NDC MPs seeking the removal of the Health Minister from office.
In a Memo to the Speaker, the Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, explained that the Dormaa Central MP’s action contradicts Article 191 of the 1992 Constitution.
The Minority is convinced that the Health Minister is guilty of perjury, among others, when he “misrepresented to the Ad Hoc Committee on Oaths that no payment was made under the agreement to the Private Office of His Highness Shiek Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum [the Dubai-based businessman the Ministry of Health contacted for the procurement].”
