Member of Parliament for Juaboso and Ranking member on committee on Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has accused the government of deceit following the commissioning of 307 ambulances on Tuesday.
According to him, per his checks, the Ambulances that were fit for purpose were only 135.
Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah speaking in an interview on Peace FM's morning show 'Kokrokoo' said: "it's even shameful for him to make such comments . . . send reporters around and find out which constituency has no ambulance . . . they just have nothing to say."
Listen to interview below . . .
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 28th January 2020, commissioned and presented three hundred and seven (307) new, state-of-the-art ambulances to the National Ambulance Service, in fulfillment of his 2016 campaign pledge.
According to President Akufo-Addo, the 307 ambulances are “fitted with advanced life support equipment and tracking devices, to be distributed to 275 constituencies, i.e. 1-Constituency-1-Ambulance, to be managed by the National Ambulance Service, and the remainder of thirty-two (32) ambulances to the headquarters of the Service.”
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