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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One reason why you need well experienced people to be in parliament. Low quality brains will always speak senselessly just for his supporters to cheer him up. This guy has no working experience whatsoever apart from been a dinning prefect in a high school and one year national service. Thus, he still speak immaturely.
why ? i dey pain u?
SHAAAMEFUL AND CONFUSED; PITCH YOUR WORDS AGAINST THAT OF SEGBEFIA
This is the "tiwuii" that we talking about concerning the low quality caliber of people in the ndc party. Is he the one when he was asked of his CV he added dinning hall prefect to his work history??? No doubt! This is the reason why many Ghanaians decree like the Jews said NEVER AGAIN TO NDC. NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU
This dining hall prefect is still speaking? Ewiase mohm paa de3....
this guy was a dining hall prefect? boi
Very disgraceful being. Did u see how 5tup1d u sounded when Daniel dadzie n co tore shreds I to ur myopic complains? Pls let Joy news replay your interview back to you. Stop deceiving the NDC masses Wai, they are too wise for the likes of you. Shame! Your body language even gave u away. Simple relevant questions too, u don't ha e answers to. Shame of a legislator.
Another NDC fuuull who wants to be heard.... Talk about your trotro vans you imported as ambulances when you guys were in power. Corrupt ndc will never come to power again.
Who is this infantile by chance in parliament.This guy do not deserve MP.
Aaboa (an1mal) like you. Jamboree to commission guinea fowls (nkonfem) was needful. Ok.roase fine boy.