Akufo-Addo has turned COVID-19 into business to enrich himself - Mintah Akandoh claims

NDC Member of Parliament (MP) for Juaboso constituency and a ranking member on the health committee of Parliament, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has accused the ruling NPP government led by President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo of doing business with the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to him, it has become necessary that Ghanaians are vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus and so they have taken advantage of the situation to rob the country of millions of dollars all in the name of procuring COVID-19 vaccines.

Speaking on Okay FM's 'Ade Akye Abia' programme, he explained that though donors are giving out some of the vaccines for free, government has squandered millions of Ghana cedis all in the name of procuring some of the vaccines.

"Kwame, the minority will come with facts and figures to prove that this government has turned this COVID-19 thing into business to enrich themselves. A typical example is what happened to the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu."

"I can tell you that all that matters for this government in this Covid-19 fight is how much they are getting from it to enrich themselves, and not what will help the millions of Ghanaians who are killed by this deadly virus," he said.

The former deputy minister for lands and natural resources could not fathom how government spent millions of Ghana cedis on free food distribution alone.

He added that very soon parliament will have the opportunity to scrutinize government's record on how much was spent by the government on the Covid-19 fight.

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