Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye, the Minister of Health, has stated that the Bank of Ghana has not made any payments concerning the $34 million ambulance spare parts deal with Service Ghana Auto Group Limited.

This follows allegations from Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, who accused former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and former Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu of colluding with Service Ghana Auto Group Limited to defraud the state.

Ablakwa claimed that Ofori-Atta approved the deal just five days before leaving office, raising concerns about possible impropriety and questioning the company’s capability to deliver due to its recent establishment.

Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye

During a session with the Government Assurances Committee of Parliament on August 1, Dr. Okoe Boye denied that Service Ghana Auto Group Limited had received the $34 million payment. He recounted a conversation with a Deputy Governor, noting, “I spoke to one of the Deputy Governors who I had a working relationship with when I was at Health Insurance. The Deputy Governor informed me that not even a dollar has been given to the provider.”

Dr. Okoe Boye elaborated, “She used some terms that it is actually a letter of credit and that payment will only be made once the provider has performed and supplied parts to certain standards. The governor made me understand that they have the letter of credit, but no payment has been made.”