News:
January 22, 2018
Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu has urged the Presidency to give more clarification on the health statues of the Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
He made this remarks on the floor of the House yesterday when he took a swipe at government over its handling of communications of what he described as a “sensitive matter”.
The Vice-President left Ghana for the United Kingdom on Friday night on a medical leave after the Presidency indicated that he had been taken ill earlier in the day and was undergoing medical check.
He further pointed out that some of the wordings in the statement put out on the matter were vague.
“Mr. Speaker, we are not happy with government communicators at the office of the Presidency. Mr. Speaker, it is a sensitive matter. I could be ill myself, but Mr. Speaker, they should communicate well. I have sighted a letter where they say he is on Medical leave. What medical leave? Words matter,” he lamented.
Government in a first statement on Dr. Bawumia’s health condition said: “The Vice President of the Republic, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, in the early hours of Friday, 19th January, 2018, reported feeling unwell. He was attended to by his doctors, and is currently undergoing medical tests and observation. Any further information will be duly communicated.”
The second statement indicated that the Vice President had left Ghana to the United Kingdom on medical leave it said: “The Vice President of the Republic, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, on Friday, 19th January, 2018, left Ghana for the United Kingdom for medical leave, on advice of his doctors. He was accompanied by the 2nd Lady, Hajia Samira Bawumia.”
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com