The minority in Ghana’s Parliament are demanding that the Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu be sacked from his post following the Sputnik V saga.
During the public siting of the investigative committee, Mr. Kwaku Agyeman admitted to have involved Emirati middleman to procure the Sputnik V dose who cost $19 per dose instead of the $10 per dose on the international market.
Parliament’s ad hoc committee investigating the Sputnik V procurement indicted Mr. Kwaku Agyeman Manu of not seeking Parliamentary approval before the procurement of the vaccines.
After the committee presented its report it attracted massive debate in Parliament leading to minority Chief Whip Alhaji Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak accusing the chairman of the committee, Alexander Afenyo-Markins of trying to cover the health minister.
He also sought for the removal of Mr. Kwaku Manu Agyeman.
Following the heated debate in Parliament, the sit in Parliament adjourned the sitting as a result of failure of both minority and majority reaching a consensus.