Onasis Kobby hits back at ex-Ablekuma North MP over post on Opoku-Agyemang's health

The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Petroleum Hub Development Corporation, Onasis Kobby, has hit back at the former Member of Parliament for Ablekuma North, Sheila Bartels over a cryptic post she made relative to the health situation of Vice President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang.

Sheila Bartels, in a social media post on Monday, March 31, 2025, attempted, albeit implicitly, to call out the government over the decision to fly out Professor Opoku-Agyemang to the United Kingdom for treatment following medical advice by doctors at the University of Ghana Medical Centre.

Sharing two photos of Professor Ransford Gyampo’s response to the news of former Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s treatment in the UK and Okudzeto Ablakwa’s call for a policy change in the provision of healthcare for members of the government, Sheila Bartels wrote, “We need our beautiful HE Vice President strong and healthy. Whatever it takes. Speedy recovery, ma’am."

In response, Onasis Kobby clarified that unlike the situation with Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Professor Opoku-Agyemang’s first resort was a Ghanaian hospital and that the decision to fly her out of the country is premised on an advice by the professionals who attended to her at UGMC.

He then called out the erstwhile Akufo-Addo government for now prioritizing healthcare delivery which in his view is manifested in the stagnation of the health sector.

“Guess you read she has been seeing a Dr in Ghana and has been recommended for further examination outside. If only the NPP didn't waste 8-years suffocating our health sector, the needed and required abroad examination and treatment could have been done in Ghana,” he responded.

Meanwhile, updates from the office of the vice president indicate that the renowned academic is recuperating.

The office also expressed gratitude to Ghanaians for their prayers and support for Professor Opoku-Agyemang.