{"id":1195591,"date":"2022-08-31T12:52:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T12:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/31\/this-is-a-difficult-question-health-minister-states-under-cross-examination-2\/"},"modified":"2022-08-31T12:52:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T12:52:21","slug":"this-is-a-difficult-question-health-minister-states-under-cross-examination-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/31\/this-is-a-difficult-question-health-minister-states-under-cross-examination-2\/","title":{"rendered":"This is a difficult question \u2013 Health Minister states under cross-examination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"519\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Kwaku-Agyemang-Manu_5-696x519-696x519.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Kwaku-Agyemang-Manu_5-696x519.jpg\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis is a difficult question\u201d was the response of Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, to a question posed by lawyers for former Deputy Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson.<\/p>\n<p>Lead Counsel for Dr Forson was seeking to assess the Minister\u2019s knowledge of documents in the custody of the Health Ministry.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister is the fourth of the Attorney General\u2019s five witnesses to be relied upon in the prosecution of the former Deputy Finance Minister and two others accused of causing a 2.3 million euros loss to the state in the purchase of ambulances.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for Dr Forson on Tuesday, August 30 challenged the testimony of the Health Minister.<\/p>\n<p>Lead counsel, Dr Abdul Aziz Bamba questioned the Minister on whether he reviewed all relevant documents before coming to testify.\u00a0The Minister replied that he reviewed documents he was privy to.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Bamba \u2013 \u201cAnd before coming to testify, you reviewed relevant documents?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Health Minister- \u201cI reviewed all documents that I sighted. Documents that I wasn\u2019t privy to, I couldn\u2019t have reviewed, I was not privy to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Bamba \u2013 \u201cDo you know of any other documents at the Ministry of Health on the ambulance transactions that you did not review?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Health Minister -\u201cThis is a difficult question. How will I know them? Sorry my lord. You said I should not ask a question. I do not know of any.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cross-examination of the Health Minister continues on Thursday, September 1.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"iLTKxrP_SC0\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Donation: Citizen builds 100-bed capacity hospital for 80 villages in the district (30-8-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iLTKxrP_SC0?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu \u201cThis is a difficult question\u201d was the response of Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, to a question posed by lawyers for former Deputy Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson. 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