Pressure is beginning to pile on the Minister for Health, Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu following his move to procure Sputnik V vaccines through intermediaries.
Despite the ongoing social media campaign under the hashtag #AgyemangManuMustGo, the Alliance for Social Equity and Public Accountability (ASEPA) have gone a step higher in their quest to get Mr Agyemang Manu removed from his post.
ASEPA has revealed that within the coming days, it will file a complaint at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) asking them to probe the Minister for Health about his intended Sputnik V Vaccines some months ago.
“In respect of the violations of our laws there are clear sanctions that must be activated in accordance with the law, in respect of this we are giving the Attorney General a 48-hour ultimatum, to initiate Criminal Investigations and Prosecution against the Minister for Health and all other persons involved in this shady procurement or ASEPA will take the matter up and file an official complaint with the CID”
Also, the group has admonished the Attorney General to as a matter of urgency initiate prosecutorial measures against Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu.
A release signed by the Executive Director of ASEPA, Mensah Thompson on 9 August 2021 indicated that the Ad-hoc committee’s report should not be the end of the issue.
According to ASEPA, the recommendation by the Adhoc committee to retrieve any monies given to intermediaries in the procurement of the Sputnik V vaccines should be followed with the prosecution of the Health Minister
“Even though we commend the committee for the work done, we believe the work of the Committee and its resultant report wasn’t particularly thorough.
“The adverse findings made by the Committee are already issues civil society, experts and well-meaning Ghanaian have already raised in the public domain”.
“Our limitation was that we lacked the powers to recommend appropriate sanctions against the Minister in respect of the glaring violations of our laws and that’s why a committee was set up to investigate the matter and make appropriate recommendations.
“Retrieval of monies paid to Sheikh for the failed procurement is an un-compromising formality and that cannot be the end to this matter,” it added.
Source: MyNewsGhana
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