Former Minister of Health under John Dramani Mahama’s administration, Alexander Segbefia, has described as needless the flamboyant commissioning of ambulances by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in fulfillment of his 'One-constituency One-ambulance' promise.
"I saw that it was political, and when it comes to the lives of our people you only needed to have say five or ten ambulances available and then you take pictures of them as they arrive at the port, but they should have been deployed from the moment they arrived . . . " he told Mc Jerry Osei Agyemang.
He said in the case of the ambulances it is going to save lives so the government should have commissioned it with the few available and deploy them immediately they come to the country.
The Akufo-Addo-led administration, as part of its promises has commissioned and distributed 307 ambulances to each of the 275 constituencies at the Black Stars Square on Tuesday, January 28, 2020.
The ceremony which was well organized by the government to mark the distribution of the ambulances has been condemned and criticized by the opposition party as well as some Ghanaians who think it was needless and a drain on the public purse.
Alexander Segbefia who was speaking on NEAT FM’s morning show ‘Ghana Montie’ said the move was politically strategized.
Listen to Alex Segbefia below
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No! It was religious.
What about commissioning of toilets by your president?
buying trotro in the name of ambulances is criminal
Oh I see. They want the government to hide the ambulances and share it behind scenes. The promised he fulfilled is killing them.
Political so what? It can be commercial who cares? We have fit for purpose ambulances to serve us that is the bottom line. It does not matter what the corrupt NDC people describe the commissioning.
Buying trotro vans by the corrupt NDC as ambulances is also political. These NDC people are going to die of heart attack out of skin pain...... You guys will remain in opposition forever.
SKIN PAIN go kill these NDC 1dits.
NDC, a party that does not know how to buy ambulances yet they know how to share ambulances. Wonder how any genuine educated Ghanaian who thinks about the future progress of the nation will be supporting the NDC
What is this man's problem? Even when all of them were assembled and distributed to all the 275 constituencies your people are saying the number announced was 130 even though no one has complained that he did not receive his.
If it was political what did the ndc do during their 8 years which you were the minister for health.Jealousy.infact ndc is a ***barred word*** party.