Ranking member on committee on Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has disclosed that the jamboree to commission only about 200 ambulances out of the 275 by the government was needless.
He says the amount spent on the funfair could have been used to complete the installation processes for the other remaining ambulances.
"The jamboree and funfair was needless," he said, adding that though he propagated for distribution of the ambulances, the accompanying funfair was a waste of state resources.
Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' programme, he explained that he is reliably informed and his checks confirmed that only one hundred and thirty (130) out of the two hundred (200) ambulances displayed at the ceremony were fit for purpose.
"The other ambulances are still under installation processes so why waste money to commission just a few."
"The NPP government should know that this will not win them elections," he said.
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.”
Presenting the ambulances, at a ceremony at the Independence Square, the President noted that, when he took office in January 2017, the National Ambulance Service had 130 stations, 10 regional control rooms across the country, and only 55 ‘semi-functioning’ ambulances.
“In December 2015, two hundred (200) ambulances were supposedly purchased by the Mahama government, out of which only thirty (30) arrived in the country. As though this was not enough, the thirty (30) were declared “not fit for purpose because they had cardinal defects and did not come with any medical equipment. This was completely unacceptable, and my government was determined to rectify this unhappy state of affairs,” he said.
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How come the media gives so much attention to this dinning hall prefect?. He is always seeking for attention When u gave kayayo head pans u publicized nsemfo
Your Konongo Kaya Mentality Must Stop. In my almost 60 years of life on earth, I have never seen such a big ***barred word*** in the Ghanaian parliament. That a legislator will never think anything good about the country. I am very sad and same time angry with these ***barred word*** in the National Assembly collectively called the NDC. Why cant they at least be reasonable in their thinking for the nation for once? You fought every intervention to the poor and later turn back and try to convince the citizenry that it is possible. Your party indicated one-time premium in the National Insurance scheme you fought vigorously when JA Kufuor introduced. You could not do. You fought against LEAP, introduced by the same person, you came back to power and told the whole nation that you have expanded it. You fought against the Jubilee House and said you will turn it into a poultry farm, you came and changed the name. You said free education for the poor is not feasible and when you come to power, you will abolish it. You changed your mouth and asked anybody to prove that you said it. Means you accepted it. Now it went to double track system and your presidential candidate said he will abolish it. We wait to see. One village one dam will bring mosquitoes, now you are saying something different. You brought in mobile hospitals and your time, you could not operate it. Now should be operated by the government that brought 307 well equipped ambulances to reduce suffering in the nation. Now you are saying that it is nothing because you could not do. Meanwhile you were the same bunch of ***barred word*** who mounted pressure on the President to distribute them since people were dying, as if people were not dying some 8 years ago. "Ebeii". You knew the mobile clinics were there, the roads are not good yet, you made and attempt to bring in 200 ambulances. 20 came and are not fit for purpose. Where are the remaining 180 vans? Am sure the time you were bringing your vans, Ghanaian roads were like those in the USA, Canada etc. If you guys don't know, Ghanaians are getting fed up with you. You need to change your attitude for once. It is so shameful you resist everything good for the country because you ***barred word*** are not doing it. What Konongo Kaya mentality is this? "Kosi a nkosi, kwada nkwada", what should we do with you ***barred word***? You must be very shame to talk about these ambulances. When did Ghanaian roads become better. You told every Ghanaian that the Eastern Corridor road is finished. Except for what Prof. Mills did, you never do anything to alleviate the people who votes for you en mass. You guys are cursed beyond any salvation. Be wise. Long live Ghana.
You were not even specific of your own count. These are countable items. You just want to be heard. Mention one District who was not given an Ambulance. ' "He commissioned about 200" at the same time "You were reliable informed that only 130" were ready for distribution. How many were supply by your Mahama? You only managed to bring in empty vessels. You think we are in the DINNING HALL.
Mr.Dinner hall prefect ,you talk too much and the discussions on ambulances and 8 mobile clinic. It appears your major leadership as a dinning Hall prefect so your thinking is shallow and myopic
Mr.Dinner hall prefect ,you talk too much