Central Medical Stores Is "Rotten"

Tonnes of drugs are exposed to the heat and rain water at the Central Medical Stores at Tema due to the deplorable nature of the place.

Apart from a leaking roof jeopardizing the shelf life of good there, some hazardous items have also been mixed with proper goods. These are part of the findings in the draft report on Contract Management’ contained in the Country Procurement Assessment Review (CPAR) 2003 Document.

The CPAR is a comprehensive study commissioned by the World Bank and the Government of Ghana in collaboration with Ghana’s development partners to prepare an action plan to improve practices for procurement of goods, works and services. It seeks to do that by providing direction leading to sound procurement practices that will curb misuse of public funds, corruption, economic decline and break-down of public institutions and infrastructure.

Ultimately, the CPAR seeks to create confidence among donors and other development partners in the Ghanaian public procurement system, and to ensure them that resources extended to government will be utilized economically and efficiently.

According to the report, the state of other government warehousing and storage facilities visited by the CPAR Team conducting the study, “was nothing to write home about. “The facilities are so dilapidated and do not conform to modern standards,” the report said.