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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 88234, member: 27"]
Criminal charges are reportedly weeks away for a former Health Minister over a vaccine deal that cost Ghana millions and never delivered a single dose.

Sputnik V vaccine procurement scandal
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[*]Felix Kwakye Ofosu announced looming charges against Kwaku Agyemang Manu.
[*]Prosecution prep over the Sputnik V deal is well advanced.
[*]Agyemang Manu cut a deal through a UAE intermediary.
[*]Ghana paid roughly $19 per dose, almost double the price.
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How the deal fell apart
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[*]About $2.85 million was paid, but no vaccines arrived.
[*]Parliament's ad hoc committee flagged missing procurement approvals.
[*]Public Procurement Authority authorization was never obtained.
[*]Ghana's government scrapped the deal in July 2021.
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Frontiers Healthcare Services controversy
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[*]Mandatory COVID-19 airport testing sparked separate scrutiny.
[*]Frontiers pulled in around $80.6 million from the arrangement.
[*]Ghana's cut sat at a measly $6.4 million comparatively.
[*]Both scandals tie back to pandemic-era decision-making.
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