An Accra Circuit court has granted GHC 80,000 bail with three sureties to a NABCO employee at the Tema General Hospital for allegedly dishonestly receiving and forging unauthorized Covid-19 vaccination cards at the Tema General Hospital. It also granted GHC50,000 bail with three sureties, one to be justified each to two others for allegedly stealing COVID-19 vaccination cards.
Aaron Kofi Asante, the NABCO employee pleaded not guilty for forgery of official documents after acquiring cards from the second and third accused persons. The other two, Kenneth Kojo Konadu, a Senior Finance Officer at the Tema Metro Health Directorate and Afia Nsiah Sarfo, a nurse at the Tema General Hospital, also denied stealing COVID-19 vaccine cards belonging to the Ghana Health Service. They will make their next appearance on March 8, 2022.
The Prosecution said in December last year, the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) gathered that some Health Officials within the Tema Metropolis issued and sold COVID-19 vaccination cards to people who had not been vaccinated.
Investigations revealed that the accused persons Konadu and Afia were members of the COVID-19 vaccination Teams that were engaged by the Tema Metro Health Directorate for the vaccination exercise.
According to the GNA, Chief Inspector Anquandah said investigations further indicated that Asante bought his Covid vaccination cards from the two other suspects. Individuals who needed the COVID-19 vaccination cards for travelling purposes but had not been vaccinated, were charged between GHC300 and GHC800 for COVID-19 vaccination cards.