CA leader Dr Ismaila Ceesay said on Friday government has refused to disclose a breakdown of the COVID-19 money.
Dr Ceesay stated this while speaking to newsmen on Friday as part of CA monthly engagement with the media.
Dr Ceesay said: “But the most topical of all these [financial] malpractices and lack of transparency has to do with the management of the COVID-19 funds. Funds were disbursed, a lot of money came into country to fight COVID-19.
“For example, 850 million dalasis of relief package for the vulnerable communities and 750 million dalasis was allocated to the ministry of health. The government also contributed 100 million dalasis to the World Bank’s 10 million [dollars] for the purchase of medical equipment from Turkey, ambulances were among those.
“But the government now has refused to transparently reveal a breakdown of the expenditure, on food aid, on allocation to the ministry, on the quarantine for the hotels, on everything. There is no breakdown as to how was this money spent. There is no breakdown and they’re unwilling to reveal that.”
