The Afenyo-Markin-led Parliamentary committee that investigated the Sputnik V vaccine contract in its last report asked the Ministry of Finance to take steps to recover the money due the Republic in respect of the amount of US$2,850,000 being the cost of the Sputnik-V vaccines that were proposed to be procured.
The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu has formally written to the Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoun, a member of the ruling family of Dubai, United Emirates for a refund of the excess money paid in the botched sputnik V contract.
The letter dated 2nd August 2021 said, “I wish to formally accept your termination of our agreement for the supply of Sputnik V vaccine as per letter number ADM/LT/GHA/00/21/101 dated 14th July 2021.”
“By this letter I also wish to formally request for the refund of the remaining amount for the non-supplied doses which should be the total amount paid to your office minus the amount due for the 20,000 you already applied in line with your earlier email dated 25th July, 2021 in which it was affirmed that on the 13th April 2021 funds were transferred into your accounts as 50% advanced of the initial batch of 300,000 doses.”
The letter continued, “This request for refund is in line with clause 8.2 of the agreement which states that “any termination of this agreement which shall be by notice in writing to the other party shall not affect any rights, remedies obligations or liabilities of the parties that have accrued up to the date of termination.”
“It would be much appreciated if the amount was transferred back into the sending bank account as per the earlier swift advice dated 9th April 2021.”
Source: myghanadaily
