Civil
Society
Organisations
(CSOs)
in
health
have
confirmed
that
all
the
medical
supplies
stuck
at
the
Tema
Port
for
the
past
year
have
finally
been
cleared
by
the
government.
Following
significant
agitation
from
stakeholders
and
the
minority
caucus
in
Parliament
over
the
prolonged
delays
in
clearing
the
medical
supplies
donated
by
the
Global
Fund,
the
government
has
taken
action.
The
Minister
of
Health,
Dr.
Bernard
Okoe
Boye,
had
assured
that
the
supplies
would
be
cleared
within
two
weeks.
In
an
interview
with
Citi
News,
the
acting
chairman
of
the
Ghana
Coordinating
Mechanism
of
the
Global
Fund,
Ernest
Amoabeng,
indicated
that
distribution
to
the
regions
has
commenced
while
the
warehouse
transports
the
goods
in
batches.
He
revealed
that
the
Global
Fund
is
pleased
with
the
progress.
“I
can
confirm
to
you
that
the
clearing
of
the
containers
is
still
ongoing.
Last
week
we
visited
the
warehouse
that
has
been
taking
delivery
of
the
containers,
and
we
were
told
that
all
the
containers
have
been
released
by
the
port.
“So
they
were
carting
them
from
the
port
to
the
warehouse.
As
of
Monday
this
week,
we
received
information
that
the
last
batch
chit
that
was
needed
from
the
GRA
for
the
release
of
the
64
that
was
still
outstanding
has
been
issued.
“So,
I
can
confirm
to
you
that
technically
all
the
containers
have
been
released
by
the
government
from
the
port,”
he
stated.