The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has clarified that the government owes no outstanding debt to the contractors of the Lightwave Health Information Management System (LHIMS), explaining that they have already been paid US$77 million out of the total contract sum of US$100 million.
Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen show, Mr. Akandoh said that despite receiving more than 70 percent of the contract amount, the contractor failed to complete the assigned work, having connected fewer than half of the planned health facilities.
“They brought me an invoice — why should I pay that, especially when they’ve already received 77 million dollars? At worst, they could have gone to court rather than switching off the system. That’s holding the country to ransom,” he stated.
Mr. Akandoh added that the new Ghana Health Information Management System (GHIMS), developed to replace the malfunctioning LHIMS, has full legal backing from the Attorney General to ensure better control and sustainability.
He assured Ghanaians that all due diligence has been done.
“As Minister, I won’t take a reckless decision,” he affirmed.
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