ZIPLINE SHOCKER! Gov’t Paying for Condoms & Mosquito Nets by Drone — Only 4% Are Emergencies!
Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, the Minister of Health, has provided clarification on the problems that have been raised over the Zipline drone service contract. He went on to clarify that the contract, which had been signed in the year 2018 and was put into force in 2019, has a “take or pay” condition. This clause requires the government to pay a total of over half a million dollars per month, broken down into a payment of $88,000 each center for a total of six centers. The Finance Minister did not sign the contract since it was originally planned in such a way that it would not make use of any government cash. Although the deliveries were supposed to be used in crises and in regions that were difficult to access, only 12 percent of the supplies were made to distant sites, and 4 percent were connected to emergencies. A large number of the gifts that were sent included condoms, mosquito nets, school materials, and nutritional products, among other things. In accordance with the mandate given by the President to ensure that all expenditures made by the ministry are both efficient and effective, the government is actively engaged in a partnership with Zipline in order to guarantee that money is well spent, according to Minister Akandoh.
