Sheikh Al Maktoum, the agent in Ghana’s botched attempt to procure Sputnik V vaccines has agreed to refund a total of US$2.470 million to the government being the “remaining amount for the non-supplied doses” of the vaccines. Sheikh Al Maktoum was due to supply about 300, 000 Sputnik V vaccines …

The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has acted on the Parliamentary Ad hoc Committee’s recommendation that an amount of ¢16,331,640 be retrieved from Sheikh Al Maktoum. Mr Agyeman-Manu requested the refund per letter dated August 2. “By this letter, I also wish to formally request for the refund of the …

Pressure is mounting on Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, to resign following revelations in the report of the Parliamentary Committee that probed the Sputnik V vaccine contract. Parliament took a break on Saturday, August 7, without taking a decision on the report. After the report went public, a cross-section of the …

Five ministerial nominees out of the 30 so far vetted have been deferred by the Minority MPs on Parliament’s Appointments Committee to reappear for further questioning. They are Communication MInister nominee, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful; Railway Minister nominee, John Peter Amewu; Roads Minister nominee, Kwasi Amoako-Attah; Attorney General and Minister of Justice …