Sputnik V deal: Ken Ofori-Atta must resign – Sammy Gyamfi
Sammy Gyamfi, the communications director of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is calling for the resignation of the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta following the botched Sputnik V vaccines supply deal.
He is questioning why the minister paid US$2.4 million to Sheikh Al Maktoum for the procurement of Sputnik V vaccines without Parliamentary approval.
Gyamfi in a Facebook post called on the Legislature to set up a bi-partisan probe into the entire government expenditure on COVID-19 and related matters.
“Why are we over-concentrating on the Health Minister in the discussion about the botched Sputnik Vaccine Supply deal when the chief culprit is none other than the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, who without Parliamentary approval, paid a whopping 160 billion old Ghana cedis to the Dubai Sheikh.
“This is the same person who without any transparent selection process, engaged and paid his own company, Enterprise Insurance a whopping 110 billion old Ghana cedis as COVID-19 insurance premium for health workers. Why is no one calling for the head of this corrupt Finance Minister? Is it because he is the cousin of the President?
“The reckless conduct of Ken Ofori Atta in paying millions of Ghana cedis for an unlawful Vaccine Supply contract makes it imperative that Parliament immediately conducts a bi-partisan probe into the entire government expenditure on COVID-19 and related matters. But even before that , #KenOforiAttaMustResign,” he posted.
Source: Asaaseradio
