Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has exposed what he describes as the “corrupt frontiers cover-up” in the country. According to him, the ” irredeemably corrupt” Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government believes it has successfully blocked access to all information on its “criminal” Frontiers COVID-19 Airport Testing deal. He revealed that not even a directive and a GHS200,000.

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00 fine imposed by the RTI Commission following a Joy News petition has been helpful in compelling Akufo-Addo’s appointees at the Ghana Airport Company Limited and the “larger Akufo-Addo/Bawumia administration to disclose the requested information on the Frontiers contract in the interest of transparency and accountability”. However, he expressed “bad news for this buccaneer government”.

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He explained that in the supreme national interest, he has by the “Grace of God intercepted all the relevant documents on this dubious Frontiers heist, notwithstanding government’s desperate efforts at a shameless cover-up”.

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“SOA Oversight shall ensure that this grand Frontiers create, loot and share; together with all those who FRONTED for FRONTIERS are duly exposed and sanctioned for God and Country…” Expanding on his revelation, Mr. Ablakwa emphasized that his focus would be on the "explosive" offer letter dated August 31, 2020, from the Ghana Airport Company Limited to Frontiers Healthcare Services Limited.

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This letter, he pointed out, was signed by the former Managing Director, Mr. Yaw Kwakwa. He highlighted that this letter exposes how Frontiers was selected in what he termed an "opaque sweetheart deal" after secretive discussions. He asserted that Ghana's procurement regulations were openly disregarded and suspended in this process.

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Furthermore, he clarified that it was not a competitive procedure, as reputable institutions like the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research, Korle Bu Central Laboratory, and others, which played significant roles in COVID containment, were sidelined while the government chose the "suspiciously hastily incorporated" Frontiers. Expanding on his disclosure, Mr.

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Ablakwa emphasized that his investigation will shine a spotlight on a significant "bombshell" – the offer letter issued by the Ghana Airport Company Limited to Frontiers Healthcare Services Limited. This letter, dated August 31, 2020, and signed by the former Managing Director, Mr. Yaw Kwakwa, serves as a pivotal piece of evidence.

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He pointed out that this letter unveils the non-competitive nature of Frontiers' selection, emphasizing that it was a result of a secretive and non-transparent arrangement, characterized as an "opaque sweetheart deal." Mr. Ablakwa underscored that Ghana's procurement laws were openly flouted and set aside during this process. Furthermore, he highlighted that the selection did not involve a competitive bidding process.

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He expressed concern that reputable institutions such as the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research, Korle Bu Central Laboratory, and others, which played a crucial role in COVID containment, were deliberately excluded. Instead, the government chose to engage with the hastily incorporated Frontiers, which raised suspicions.

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“This letter incredibly reveals how an offer was made to Frontiers on 31st August, 2020 and how actual testing magically commenced the next day, September 1, 2020. Something to soon feature in Guinness World Records.

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In a total rip off, the government per the offer letter asked for a fixed share of a measly and wickedly unpatriotic $10 per test as Frontiers keeps $140 per test considering that Frontiers was charging each passenger $150…” Furthermore, Mr Ablakwa indicated that Frontiers was asked according to the offer letter to make a “paltry and insulting” payment of only $97,109.

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00 as proof of acceptance of the offer for an exclusive control of the Upper Arrival, Terminal 3, KIA. He noted that this was made regardless of the fact that Frontiers stood to make and has indeed made profits worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Despite the “outrageous giveaway”, Mr Ablakwa explained that Frontiers was exempted from paying water bills.

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“The offer letter did not provide technical specifications; standards and the specific amount of investment Frontiers was obliged to make in setting up the testing facility which actually exposes how everything was skewed by government officials to collude with Frontiers in raping Ghanaians.

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” Frontiers deal unpacked Furthermore, the Member of Parliament for North Tongu emphasized that the offer letter did not include any requirement for mandatory authorization from the Health Facilities Regulatory Authority (HeFRA) as a prerequisite.

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He pointed out that this omission clarifies why Frontiers began its operations several months before submitting an application to HeFRA for licensing, a fact he previously revealed in his initial exposé. “From the intercepted offer letter, Frontiers was granted an unfathomable long duration of 2 years to loot, create and share; and that was regardless of whether Covid is defeated in a few weeks or not.

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This also explains why Ghana was basically the only country still testing at the airport many months after airport authorities in many other jurisdictions had stopped and dismantled their testing systems.” Characterizing the evidence as overwhelming, Mr.

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Ablakwa asserted that the Frontiers deal represented a significant collaboration between what he described as a "buccaneer government" and profit-driven entrepreneurs, all while a devastating pandemic was causing casualties and hospitalizations.

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He highlighted that a conservative analysis of passenger traffic data available on the Ghana Airport Company's website revealed that during Frontiers' two-year fraudulent operations, approximately one million arrivals occurred at Kotoka International Airport (KIA). Considering the subsequent reduction in fees from $150 to $50, specifically for ECOWAS nationals, Mr.

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Ablakwa estimated that Frontiers and its associates, who acted as intermediaries, would have amassed profits of no less than $130 million in what he referred to as "killer" gains. In response, he pledged to release additional documents related to this "unconscionable killer" Frontiers scandal in forthcoming publications. Furthermore, Mr.

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Ablakwa called upon all Ghanaians who have grown weary of what he described as "blatant stealing, impunity, lawlessness, fraudulent deals" to participate in the minority's #OccupyBoGProtest scheduled for Tuesday.

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