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Gov't to undertake forensic audit of Tema Medical Stores fire

It is estimated that 80 million dollars worth of medicines were destroyed in the January 2015 fire.

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A forensic audit has been ordered into the Tema Central Medical Stores fire outbreak.

The announcement was made by Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia on the occasion of the 100 days in office of the Nana Akufo-Addo led administration.

“The terms of reference have been completed to enable the selection of auditors on competitive basis to undertake the forensic audit of the January 2015 Central Medical Stores fire outbreak. We have not had a forensic audit after all the requests. Nana Akufo-Addo has directed an audit and it has been done. We are going to have that forensic audit.”

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Fire gutted the Central Medical Stores in Tema on January 13, 2015. A 2016 report from the former Attorney General, Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong established the massive blaze was the handiwork of an arsonist.

It is estimated that 80 million dollars worth of medicines were destroyed in the fire. In March 2017, the US ambassador Robert Peter Jackson said his country was having difficulty supporting Ghana with medical aid after 7 million dollars worth of medicines it donated to the stores were burnt and lamented the lack of progress at bringing the perpetrators to book.

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