Editor of the Informer Newspaper, Andy Kankam has warned of the possibility of persons mandated to undertake the vaccination of Ghanaians against the COVID-19 pandemic, taking money from unsuspecting members of the citizenry before administering the free vaccine.

On his accord, the vaccination taskforce should rather be patriotic and focus on saving lives rather than trying to make money off Ghanaians who have already been hard hit by the pandemic.

He noted that such people who will be undertaking the vaccination will be well paid by the government and described them as dubious and unpatriotic if they ever do such a thing.

“When the vaccination starts, we don’t want to hear reports that people sent to the field to go and give out vaccinations are taking money before they give out the drugs”, he said.

Speaking on the Happy Morning show aired on e.TV Ghana and Happy 98.9 FM, Andy Kankam revealed that during the National Identification Authority (NIA) registration exercise, a syndicate made up of NIA officials was formed. He noted that the syndicate charged unknowing Ghanaians before issuing them with National IDs and fears that might happen with the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine.

He advised the Health Ministry to work with the Security Agencies to prevent the “extortion” of Ghanaians during the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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