Clear the medical supplies at the Tema Port within 24 hours or face our wrath. That’s the warning from the Minority in Parliament to the Akufo-Addo government.
According to the Ranking Member on the Health Committee of Parliament, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, the locked-up supplies indicate the unprecedented irresponsibility of the current government.
At a media briefing in Parliament after a meeting with the Global Fund, the Juaboso MP criticized the government for its delay in clearing the medical supplies.
“We are calling on the president, and his Vice, Ghanaians are suffering and these medications are running out of stock. The Ghana Medical Association has said that very soon we will run out of stock in most of these medications.”
“Therefore, Mr president, at least the right to health care is enshrined in the 1992 constitution and you should not continue to disgrace Ghana like you continue to do. So, we expect that within the next 24 hours, we must hear something positive with regard to the clearing of containers with the drugs at the port,” he stated.
The Ministry of Health recently cleared 14 out of the 182 containers at the Tema Port containing essential medicines for antiretroviral, Tuberculosis (TB), and malaria treatments donated by the Global Fund. This action followed a public outcry two months ago. The medications had been stuck at the port for nearly a year due to the government’s failure to settle third-party fees.
