National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Juaboso Constituency, Hon Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has described the refusal of the Akufo-Addo led government to distribute the procured ambulances parked at Parliament House as a sign of "gross disrespect".
According to the Ranking Member on the Committee of Health in Parliament, the responses offered by government as to why the ambulances have still not been distributed to the various constituencies does not make sense.
“ . . We came out to complain about the parked ambulances at the forecourt of Parliament which were procured with taxpayers’ money . . . we thought that if this government has any respect and knows that we are all stakeholders in governance, they would have listened to our complaints and distributed the ambulances to the various constituencies,” he chided.
When the issue of the parked ambulances at the forecourt of Parliament was raised by the Minority in Parliament, the Minister for Special Development Initiatives, Mavis Hawa Koomson explained that the training of paramedics and personnel had caused the delay.
Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' Morning Show, Hon. Mintah Akandoh hinted that the third strategy will be massive than the previous press conference held by the Minority.
"From the time we did our press conference up to this time, the responses we have received don’t make sense to us. We are still on our stance that the government should distribute the ambulances to the various constituencies. From this time, we have to take another strategy; we have used two strategies but the government has not complied with them and so we are planning the third one,” he revealed.
". . until the government adheres to our demand to distribute the ambulances to the various constituencies, we will not relax. We want the government to distribute them to save lives in the country,” he insisted.
'First Batch of 275 Ambulances in Ghana'
In September 2019, President Nana Akufo-Addo announced the arrival of the first batch of ambulances for all 275 constituencies in the country.
96 out of the 275 ambulances are currently parked at the State House awaiting distribution.
The arrival of these ambulances form part of the fulfillment of a promise made by the President and the NPP Government in the build-up to the 2016 general elections.
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You were in power and you never saw the need to invest in Ambulance for the nation. The NPP government came and have started putting in place Ambulance services and you mare now crying over when it should be distributed ? NDC do you have human brains in you:
Village ganganlia, Akandoh
I said it earlier this Akando de3 Gyimigymii'ndc ***barred word***'***barred word*** nkoaa
Will you keep quiet? Who will plan of buying ambulances and keep for fun? I am sure this guy will later claim credit for forcing the government to distribute the ambulances.
Please, stop your noise making and leave Nana Addo and his team to deliver to the people of Ghana. Your incompetent and corrupt former president Mahama could not purchase ambulances for mother Ghana. The ambulances will not be distributed based on your unnecessary noise.
I thought you said you have giving the government 3 days ultimatum so go ahead and do what you and your visionless party want to do and stop this unnecessary noise
Why do you fly your spraying helicopters over my house by this time? If I ever get the chance to rule I will deal with you guys big time. What do you white boys want from me?
Keep spraying us as if we're cocoa trees. God himself will deal with you guys one of these days. The white man is the devil indeed. What did we ever do to you to deserve this spraying exercise?
My Bro, Ghanaians know when they are insulted and do not need you to tell them. If you had bought the ambulance during your 8 years we will not be where we are today.
DID YOU BUY THEM ,WHEN YOU WERE IN GOVERNMENT DID YOU EVER DREAM OF BUYING AMBULANCES FOR THE PEOPLE YOU NOW PROFESS TO FIGHT FOR.NPP PLANS BEFORE TAKING ACTION.HENCE THEY HAVE NOT BUILT DUBAI IN WATERLOGGED CIRCLE....