The Majority Leader in Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has said he called for the cancellation of the contract between the Ghana Health Service (GHS) and Zipline Ghana, which delivers critical medical supplies to remote health facilities.

According to him, the GHS should develop its own capacity to deliver essential medical supplies, rather than spending GH¢170 million annually on Zipline Ghana to transport blood and other products by drone.

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"The Ministry of Health should have bought its own drones by now; you cannot continue spending that kind of money that you are paying a service provider, as it is a total waste of money. So please, that is my personal view of the matter," he said.

His comments follow concerns raised by the Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, over the potential cancellation of the contract.

Zipline Ghana, which marked five years of operations in the country in 2024, has played a key role in bridging healthcare delivery in remote areas where infrastructure challenges often delay timely medical deliveries.

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Meanwhile, the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, says the government's ongoing engagements with Zipline will determine the future of its medical drone delivery contract.

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