Pressure mounts on Mahama to sack FDA board

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Kay 10 years ago

He is loud mouth and without common sense.

He is loud mouth and without common sense.
OSBON 10 years ago

NDC has failed Ghana, period.

NDC has failed Ghana, period.
FATIMA 10 years ago

MAHAMA CAN NOT SACK ANY BODY, HE IS IN WITH THEM.

MAHAMA CAN NOT SACK ANY BODY, HE IS IN WITH THEM.
RED-SOKOTO-GUDARI 10 years ago

So it is true that the whole Ghanaian fibre is corrupt! Why must these criminals work against FDA just because they are doing their work well. The safty and health of Ghanaians must stand paramount in all things! Do not nego ...
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So it is true that the whole Ghanaian fibre is corrupt! Why must these criminals work against FDA just because they are doing their work well. The safty and health of Ghanaians must stand paramount in all things! Do not negotiate with our health because is not everybody who can afford to go for treatment overseas where standard medicine is offerd! All these criminals asking for the head of FDA do not receive their medication in Ghana! Why ask for the sack of all FDA bosses? So that you can sell anything as drug in Ghana? Idiots!
KG 10 years ago

Interestingly, the person calling Prez Mahama a woman is hiding his or her identity. So who is the woman now? That is assuming there is something wrong in being a woman.

COWARDS

Interestingly, the person calling Prez Mahama a woman is hiding his or her identity. So who is the woman now? That is assuming there is something wrong in being a woman.

COWARDS
Mahama Ayariga 10 years ago

What else can Mahama do apart from discrediting opposition flagbearer and painting him black with propaganda?? Now you have the mantle, govern Ghana and let's see!! This is not a cheap talk "e de bee k3k3". it is Governance, ...
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What else can Mahama do apart from discrediting opposition flagbearer and painting him black with propaganda?? Now you have the mantle, govern Ghana and let's see!! This is not a cheap talk "e de bee k3k3". it is Governance, fix the economy you are destroying. Simple issues Mahama cannot even solve, oh my Gush!! and NDC will still use propaganda on ignorant Ghanaians and rigging elections to try and retain him. God help Ghana.
Ninfaanie 10 years ago

This is absolute trash. What is your stake in TOBINCO? If you claim TOBINCO is a major supplier to the MoH then the possibility of the company supplying fake drugs to the majority of Ghanaians is high. Should the regulator ...
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This is absolute trash. What is your stake in TOBINCO? If you claim TOBINCO is a major supplier to the MoH then the possibility of the company supplying fake drugs to the majority of Ghanaians is high. Should the regulators supervise such an act?
Amaoteng 10 years ago

This is what happens when you have such a mediocre PRO in a major ministry like health who does not understand issues but on the basis of bootlicking and politics jumps to issue statement on issues that he has absolutely no t ...
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This is what happens when you have such a mediocre PRO in a major ministry like health who does not understand issues but on the basis of bootlicking and politics jumps to issue statement on issues that he has absolutely no technical clue about. This is the level of corruption and praise-singing patronage at the Ministry. Allow the FDA to do his job and save Ghanaian lives. That PRO is one of the biggest problem of the Ministry. Unless he is sacked, the Ministry will always be in the news all the time for the bad reasons.
GENERAL YONI 10 years ago

ARE WOMEN NOT HUMAN BEINGS? YOU PAAA

ARE WOMEN NOT HUMAN BEINGS? YOU PAAA
boboredman 10 years ago

why do people (NPP) always talk about other people's matter. They should concentrate on the issues (problems) arising from and within your good for nothing party (NPP)..
Fire burn you all................

why do people (NPP) always talk about other people's matter. They should concentrate on the issues (problems) arising from and within your good for nothing party (NPP)..
Fire burn you all................
Jeff, UK 10 years ago

This is GH, if na d minister then its the board that has to go. The country is na making any strides bcos there are too many square pegs in round holes

This is GH, if na d minister then its the board that has to go. The country is na making any strides bcos there are too many square pegs in round holes
Sasah 10 years ago

I believe the FDA boss is the only upright Ghanaian who is concerned about the future of this country and its children. I think government must rather congratulate him for such high sense of integrity in fighting the the phar ...
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I believe the FDA boss is the only upright Ghanaian who is concerned about the future of this country and its children. I think government must rather congratulate him for such high sense of integrity in fighting the the pharmaceutical / drug cartels who are only interested in killing people for profit. If Mahama appoints 10 of such people to sensitive places, Ghana would be paradise.
Ignore the NPP, IMANI, Sherry Ayittey & Co, who have all been bought by drug money.
NAA4U 10 years ago

WILL THE PERSON SPEAKING EVER TELL KUFOUR TO SACK ANYBODY? DID KUFOUR SACK RICHARD ANANE? WHY DO THEY THINK THEY CAN BE ABSOLVE FROM CERTAIN THINGS WHILST OTHERS CANNOT?

WILL THE PERSON SPEAKING EVER TELL KUFOUR TO SACK ANYBODY? DID KUFOUR SACK RICHARD ANANE? WHY DO THEY THINK THEY CAN BE ABSOLVE FROM CERTAIN THINGS WHILST OTHERS CANNOT?
ken 10 years ago

Why do you NDC people always want to do worse than the NPP?? You were voted in to correc the wrongs of the NPP you insist in doing worse than the NPP and when criticised you respond by telling us what the npp did wrong.

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Why do you NDC people always want to do worse than the NPP?? You were voted in to correc the wrongs of the NPP you insist in doing worse than the NPP and when criticised you respond by telling us what the npp did wrong.

So what is the point in being elected?? To come and do worse and when criticise, to point fingers @ NPP and others; they are just like babies; never take responsibility for their mistakes and mess
Jones 10 years ago

It is clear that all those fighting FDA boss are corrupt and have benefited from the Pharma mafia. Until the President begin to recognise such outstanding characters like FDA boss, Ghana will not progress. He is my man of yea ...
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It is clear that all those fighting FDA boss are corrupt and have benefited from the Pharma mafia. Until the President begin to recognise such outstanding characters like FDA boss, Ghana will not progress. He is my man of year. The only public officer who can stand the rich and powerful pharma / drug cartel right to the end. Mr. President - please recognise him and promote him as Minister of Health or give him another difficult public institution to clean up.
Mark 10 years ago

NOW MOH SHOULD PROTECT TOBINCO BECAUSE IT IS A MAJOR SUPPLIER TO MOH. WHAT NONSENSE. NOW IT IS CLEAR THAT MOH IS PROTECTING ITSELF BY TRYING TO PROTECT TOBINCO. FDA SHOULD DO ITS WORK. HOW CN A REGULATOR BE BLOCKED OR SACKED ...
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NOW MOH SHOULD PROTECT TOBINCO BECAUSE IT IS A MAJOR SUPPLIER TO MOH. WHAT NONSENSE. NOW IT IS CLEAR THAT MOH IS PROTECTING ITSELF BY TRYING TO PROTECT TOBINCO. FDA SHOULD DO ITS WORK. HOW CN A REGULATOR BE BLOCKED OR SACKED JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME SPECIAL INTERESTS AT MOH FOR TOBINCO.
peace 10 years ago

u have no been in Ghana long time go see the express ways kuffour did boboredman u must be stupid ewe man that ndc gave your mama 100lbs of rice to vote ndc

u have no been in Ghana long time go see the express ways kuffour did boboredman u must be stupid ewe man that ndc gave your mama 100lbs of rice to vote ndc
Amavie 10 years ago

The problem with in Ghana is, we have too much spices cooking in our food. Every jackass gets up in the morning and advices the president. The FDA is a regulatory body task by the government to oversee the proper manufacture ...
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The problem with in Ghana is, we have too much spices cooking in our food. Every jackass gets up in the morning and advices the president. The FDA is a regulatory body task by the government to oversee the proper manufacture and delivery of food and drugs in the country. What flimsy excuse is this. The FDA may have erred in certain instances, but they are up and doing their job. Rather i believe that the president should encourage Dr Opuni and his team to do their job, and should be given an ultimatum to round up all the fake companies involved in delivering fake drugs and food in Ghana. What civilized country will condone the unhealthy behavior of companies delivering food and drugs???
The Boy 10 years ago

I hope that one day people will get to know exactly what the FDA doing to innocent people in the name of protecting Ghanians. Nobody challenges FDA( whether right or wrong), else you are victimised and crushed out of business ...
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I hope that one day people will get to know exactly what the FDA doing to innocent people in the name of protecting Ghanians. Nobody challenges FDA( whether right or wrong), else you are victimised and crushed out of business. Sometimes, I think the FDA has a feeling that their authority is divine, unlimited and uncensored. Until you fall a victim, you will think they are doing their work.
SULE 10 years ago

The crux of the matter is that, in the regulation of medicines, drugs, durable medical equipment, and it's ancillary products, as well as food products, there are clear mandates by which the FDA must operate by, to protect th ...
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The crux of the matter is that, in the regulation of medicines, drugs, durable medical equipment, and it's ancillary products, as well as food products, there are clear mandates by which the FDA must operate by, to protect the health, life and wellbeing of the citizenry. These activities are in tandem with other core procedures, processes, and systems put in place by the MOH, to better serve the people.
We have been saddled with cases upon cases, where, corruption fueled activities by the FDA CEO, have created the situation whereby, substandard and inferior goods have found themselves in the country, after, the FDA has given such products a clean bill of health, leading to their importation and clearance from the ports, after which ie the FDA, turn around to say that, the products, are unregistered, substandard, have not gone through the necessary clinical trials, to warrant their use.
The FDA is the regulatory body, which grants the licenses to these importers to bring in such products after they are deemed to have satisfied all the requirements, to promote their subsequent use in the country. Now, if these products after they are deemed to have met all the requirements, and are therefore brought in are subsequently, found to be substandard or inferior, then there must be some level of malfeasance, dereliction of duty, weak oversight, criminal negligence, lack of experience and expertise, all fueled by corruption, at the very top of the FDA hierarchy, and because of the sensitivity of the mandate of the FDA and it's CEO, Ghanaians cannot be used as guinea pigs by the actions or inactions of the CEO of the FDA, as is in the case of Tobinco, where the most vulnerable of our society, infants and children, were exposed to the antimalarial suppository Gsunate-a medication which because of it's very nature in the treatment and prevention of malaria, makes it extremely important, makes it extremely imperative that, all the necessary procedures and processes were followed through to the letter, before finding it's way onto the Ghanaian market. The CEO of the FDA cannot absolve himself of this clear lapse underpinned by corruption, and Ghanaians are very happy that, the company-Tobinco has been fined, the said medication has been withdrawn and quarantined, and the company blacklisted. That side of the coin has been dealt with. It's now time to exact the necessary remedy to cure the malfeasance, rot, stinking corruption, inexperience, lack of expertise and training and the criminal negligence on the part of the FDA CEO, in it's oversight responsibility of the regulatory body. The time for the Mahama administration to act is now.
MENSAH 10 years ago

I have read your assertion closely and taken a clue about what is actually happening in the DRUGS IMPORTATION,REGULATION & DISTRIBUTION FOR USE,IN GHANA.
I WILL CALL IT A BIG TRI-ANGULAR TRADE HERE.
I was wondering how suc ...
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I have read your assertion closely and taken a clue about what is actually happening in the DRUGS IMPORTATION,REGULATION & DISTRIBUTION FOR USE,IN GHANA.
I WILL CALL IT A BIG TRI-ANGULAR TRADE HERE.
I was wondering how such huge volume of drugs could slip through the tentacles of the FDA & GHANA CUSTOMS TO THE MARKET,AS WELL AS THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH,HERSELF,with impunity.
If the FDA really does its job without any compromise,it would have been impossible for FAKE/SUBSTANDARD & UNREGISTERED DRUGS,to ever,enter the market,to kill the common man on the street,who go to the government hospitals,for health and safety,they happen to provide,out of ignorance.
Because that is the only affordable medical services they can afford.
The government knows that he is in trouble,because the FDA,MINISTRY OF HEALTH,GHANA CUSTOMS ARE ALL HER AGENCIES,HE HAS PUT IN PLACE,TO SAFEGUARD THE HEALTH,SAFETY,AND THEREFORE,THE SECURITY OF THE CITIZENRY.
MAHAMA IS SCARED OF THESE:
1)He doesn't know the number of people affected in the whole process(DEAD OR ALIVE)
2)The number of people,who will come out to sue TOBINCO,FDA,GHANA CUSTOMS & MINISTRY OF HEALTH.
3)The insecurity and untrustworthiness of all the government agencies involved in the issue.
THIS IS A BIG CASE FOR MAHAMA,BECAUSE IT IS NOT JUST ONE TIME OR ONE DRUG ALONE,BUT FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL AND MANY DRUGS DISBURSED INDISCRIMINATELY, BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & the pharmaceutical companies.
THEREFORE,THE CITIZENRY'S HEALTH,HAVE FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL,BEEN TAKEN FOR GRANTED/COMPROMISED,BY THIS PRESIDENT AND HIS AGENCIES.
SUE THEM,IS MY ADVICE.
holy smoke 10 years ago

Every time it is the government. Why not talk about the very Ghanaians at the ports and ministries - civil servants. It is not the President who works at the port. Every Ghana working for the country is responsible.
What y ...
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Every time it is the government. Why not talk about the very Ghanaians at the ports and ministries - civil servants. It is not the President who works at the port. Every Ghana working for the country is responsible.
What you forget is that a drug may be submitted for approval and later the manufacturer will change its components. This is why an approved drug will later turn out to be fake. This is not the fault of FDA. You little minds you have to wake up to dealing with manufacturers in the east. I deal with this every day at work - testing imported materials into my adopted country.
CS 10 years ago

This so-called "NPP Activist" is full of self-serving funky-flatulence!

This so-called "NPP Activist" is full of self-serving funky-flatulence!
Bibini-Akanfuo 10 years ago

I have to add this 'wicked' expression to my lexicon. And you are right because many of the commentators/analysts who appear on these media platforms are there to release nothing except 'hot air'!
The time has come for the N ...
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I have to add this 'wicked' expression to my lexicon. And you are right because many of the commentators/analysts who appear on these media platforms are there to release nothing except 'hot air'!
The time has come for the NMC to audit the performance of several of these "rented press" houses before renewing or granting new licenses.
Kojo Agyekum, UK 10 years ago

FDA should be congratulated for its principled stand on doing its work properly.The work of the FDA should not compromised by the selfish interests of a few importers,who want to flood the maRKET with fake, ineffective or dan ...
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FDA should be congratulated for its principled stand on doing its work properly.The work of the FDA should not compromised by the selfish interests of a few importers,who want to flood the maRKET with fake, ineffective or dangerous drugs. President Mahama and the VP should show ledership on this issue otherwise they will be playing with the health of the people.Is that what they swore the oath office to do?
GHANABA 10 years ago

Congratulations! FDA is doing a good job and I wish other institutions follow their foot steps, standing up for the common people not a bunch of greedy NPP crooks.

Congratulations! FDA is doing a good job and I wish other institutions follow their foot steps, standing up for the common people not a bunch of greedy NPP crooks.
Alfred 10 years ago

PRESSURE FROM WHOM? WHY SHOULD FDA BOARD BE SACKED FOR DOING ITS WORK. FDA MUST BE COMMENDED AND MOH SHOULD BACK FDA NOT COVER UP THE WRONG DOINGS. IT IS THE MOH PRO WHO SHOULD BE SACKED FOR THE USELESS DEFENCE HE IS TRYING T ...
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PRESSURE FROM WHOM? WHY SHOULD FDA BOARD BE SACKED FOR DOING ITS WORK. FDA MUST BE COMMENDED AND MOH SHOULD BACK FDA NOT COVER UP THE WRONG DOINGS. IT IS THE MOH PRO WHO SHOULD BE SACKED FOR THE USELESS DEFENCE HE IS TRYING TO PUT UP FOR CERTAIN COMPANIES AND INDIVIDUALS DOING THE WRONG THING.
hunter 10 years ago

and who is this useless AsamoahGyamfi criminal? so becos tobinco is a major supplier to the Ministry they should be allowed to toy with our lives? rubbish.

and who is this useless AsamoahGyamfi criminal? so becos tobinco is a major supplier to the Ministry they should be allowed to toy with our lives? rubbish.
Hafiz. Techiman 10 years ago

If we have the type of dr Opuni all over the place, Ghana would have been far by now. Dr Opuni, continue with ur good work. The time of accepting bribe for wrong to be done at FDA is over. Npp activist be respectful

If we have the type of dr Opuni all over the place, Ghana would have been far by now. Dr Opuni, continue with ur good work. The time of accepting bribe for wrong to be done at FDA is over. Npp activist be respectful
DANTE 10 years ago

COVER MY ARSE, I COVER YOURS.

SCRATCH MY BACK, I SCRATCH YOURS.

THAT'S THE LANGUAGE OF GHANA'S "LEADERS".

HOW CAN A CHIEF THIEF SACK A BUNCH OF THIEVES?

COVER MY ARSE, I COVER YOURS.

SCRATCH MY BACK, I SCRATCH YOURS.

THAT'S THE LANGUAGE OF GHANA'S "LEADERS".

HOW CAN A CHIEF THIEF SACK A BUNCH OF THIEVES?
Ama 10 years ago

okay, so FDA identifies substandard, fake and unregistered medicines on the ghanaian market, confiscates them pending destruction and the MOH comes to the rescue of the importor (this is not the first time something of this s ...
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okay, so FDA identifies substandard, fake and unregistered medicines on the ghanaian market, confiscates them pending destruction and the MOH comes to the rescue of the importor (this is not the first time something of this sort has happened, is tobinco's case any different? tobinco is the major supplier to the MOH so should they be allowed to do the wrong thing and get away with it? is tobinco above the law? Please leave the FDA to do their work). And this guy tries to make it look as if the FDA just decides one fine morning to pull down tobin's business, what for? without industry what does the regulator regulate? doesn't make sense to me. The FDA is only concerned with safeguarding public heath. Ghanaians lets stop this "childish kind of politics" and focus on moving our beloved country forward coz as a matter of fact we have no other ghana elsewhere.

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