Essential Medical Supplies Locked Up at Port to be Cleared Within Two Weeks Dr Okoe Boye Assures Ghanaians

Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye has assured Ghanaians that his outfit will clear the back lock of medical supplies donated to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in two weeks.

The medical supplies was donated to the ministry by Global Fund, an international organization, who over the years have been supporting Ghana with essential medical supplies.

This assurance is in sequel to plans by health-centric Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to stage a demonstration for the release of crucial medicines for diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV which are yet to be fully cleared at the port.  

Reports gathered disclose that the medical supplies have been locked up at the port since May 2023 for unpaid duties.

The government has cited new exemption bill payment processes and additional charges as reasons for the holdup.

Nonetheless, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye, has committed to meeting the two-week deadline for clearing the supplies. He said this when he interacted with the press in Accra on Thursday.

He said, “We are committed to getting the containers out and for me personally, irrespective of the bureaucracies involved with government and all that, I have given myself two weeks. In two weeks, I myself will not be encouraged if there are two more or one more containers left at the port."

“In fact, and this one you can take it from me. If by two weeks we still have containers at the port, you will not see me, I will be sitting rather at the port. I will sit at the port with them until everything comes out,” he assured Ghanaians.

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