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The controversy surrounding the award of contract to Frontiers Healthcare Services, a company undertaken COVID-19 testing at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), has been put to rest by the Minister-designate for the Ministry of Transport, Hon. Kweku Ofori Asiamah.
Opening up on the matter when he appeared before the Appointments Committee of Parliament on Tuesday, February 23, 2021, for public hearing on issues relating to the portfolio he has been designated to by the President of the land after receiving briefing from the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL, Hon. Asiamah, said the Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL), which operates the KIA, only rented its space to Frontiers Healthcare Services.
Anti-graft campaigner, Vitus Azeem, has called on Parliament to constitute a committee and investigate the controversial Frontiers Healthcare Services Contract.
Minority demands probe into COVID-19 testing contract
February 22, 2021 Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa
The Minority in Parliament has said it would move a motion to request a parliamentary inquiry into the COVID-19 testing contract, awarded to Frontiers Healthcare Services.
The House is expected to resume sitting in Accra on March 2, after a three-week break intended to stem the spread of COVID-19 among Members of Parliament (MPs) and staff of Parliament.
The Minority’s move follows the claim by the ministers-designate for Health, Foreign Affairs, Attorney-General and Gender, Children and Social Protection that they knew nothing about the contract.
Frontiers Health Services is said to have been awarded the contract weeks before Ghana’s air space was opened to travellers, following its earlier closure as a measure to halt the ‘importation’ of the virus.
Government to announce covid-19 vaccine roll out today LISTEN
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah
Government barring any unforeseen circumstances, will formally announce today the rollout of the vaccination programme for the country, Information Minister-designate, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has said.
So far the government said it had ordered about 355,000 AstraZeneca vaccines from Europe and it was expected to be available in the country by the middle of March this year to cover about 40 million Ghanaians.
The nominee, taking his turn at the public vetting of the Appointments Committee of Parliament yesterday, indicated that the rollout programme would provide all the details to inform Ghanaians ahead of the vaccination exercise.