The Member of Parliament (MP) for Adaklu Constituency, Kwame Agbodza has mounted pressure on the government for the scrapping of the Covid-19 testing at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).
According to the MP who is a Ranking Member on Roads and Transport Committee of Parliament, the government is now deliberately in bed with Frontiers Limited to make money at the expanse of travellers at KIA.
He insists that the testing for Covid-19 has moved beyond health with the government only focused on making profit from the situation.
“Government is in cahoots with Frontiers to take monies from Ghanaians just as a form of INCOME. It has nothing to do with healthcare anymore… I had my two vaccinations and a booster, what is the point of taking ghs400 from me for a Covid test by frontiers?
“#TerminateCovidTesting@KotokaNow,” Kwame Agbodza has posted on his Twitter page.
The view is shared by a private legal practitioner and a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Gordon Edudzi Tameklo.
Speaking to TV3 on Monday, the government led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has deliberately selected Frontiers Limited to pursue a profiteering agenda.
Meanwhile, former President John Dramani Mahama has called for a review, insisting that it should be abolished.
“From my recent experience with PCR testing and COVID regulations at our airport, I think it is time for Government to review the procedures and protocols. It is an inconvenience, a financial burden, and actually unfair to compel our citizens, who we encouraged to take COVID-19 vaccinations, with some taking the boosters, to pay as much as £90 to a foreign clinic for a PCR test before they are allowed to board flights coming back home.
“Government must stop the US$50 compulsory PCR test for travellers who have been vaccinated. And must also stop the demand for originating PCR tests before the same category of travellers are allowed to board flights to Ghana,” John Dramani Mahama said in a Facebook post.
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