Abraham Amaliba, the Director of Conflict Resolution for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has raised serious concerns regarding President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s alleged inaction in expediting the clearance of Global Fund medications stranded at the Tema Port.
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The NDC Communicator made these statements during his appearance on The Big Issue segment of TV3 New Day on Friday, June 14th.
“The buffoonery with which this government is managing the affairs of this country is mind-boggling. The behavior of government in some of these things are ridiculous and amusing. You are a poor country; you have borrowed this country in debt, you can’t pay your debts, your economy has been downgraded, and a Global Fund that is like Father Christmas has given you drugs to help your people.
“Sometimes I shudder to think if we have a president in this country. Is there somebody who is called a president in this country? Do we have a president at all?” Mr Amaliba said.
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Mr. Amaliba also mentioned that the government has declined to clear the containers because there is no immediate financial gain for the government from clearing the medical supplies.
“This government, if they will not benefit financially from anything, they have no business dealing with that thing for the people of this country,” he stated.
Asked about how the government would financially benefit from clearing the containers, Mr. Amaliba said: “These are drugs so they will not benefit from it. They will only do that if they were going to benefit financially from it,” he told Berla Mundi.
The Global Fund for Community Foundation donated these medical supplies to Ghana at no cost. However, Ghana’s government and the Ministry of Health have taken over a year to clear these life-saving commodities.
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