Just Respect Yourself And Resign – Kweku Baako Pressures Health Minister Over Sputnik V Deal

Pressure continues to mount on Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu to step down from his position over his role in shady Sputnik V vaccine deal.

This comes after the minister during public sitting of the investigative committee admitted that he acted on his own accord in procuring Covid-19 vaccines by  contracting the Emirati middleman for the supply of the vaccines, which were at a unit cost of $19 instead of the factory price of $10.

A committee set to investigate the deal has urged the Minister for Finance to take steps to recover the money due the Republic in respect of the amount of US$2,850,000.00 (Cedi equivalent of GH¢16,331,640.00).

Reacting to it on Joy News, Kweku Baako described the entire deal as an “unmitigated disaster”.

“It is an unmitigated disaster. [There was] No cabinet approval, no PPA approval, and no parliamentary approval. It is a mess. It was an unmitigated disaster. He must do the honourable thing and resign because he cannot defend it. If he was minded to resign, I will vote for him.”

Source: GhanaFeed.com