The Ministry of Health (MoH) has been accused by Lightwave eHealth Solutions (LHIMS) of hiring a competitor to assess the company’s work in public hospitals.
According to LHIMS, a substantial sum of GH¢10.45 million was taken out of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) budget for monitoring in 2024 after the Health Committee in Parliament, which was led by then Ranking Member and current Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, approved the NHIA budget for eHealth without consulting the vendor, Lightwave.
According to LHIMS Project Manager Eric Adjei, (Company X), which has two subsidiaries, received the payment straight from the NHIA.
He stated, “To date, the monitoring report from 2024 has not been released, and despite official requests from Lightwave’s attorney under the RTI Act, it remains unobtainable. The public, along with Lightwave, deserves transparency regarding the allocation of taxpayers’ money.”
He added that Lightwave can attest to the fact that the Health Minister hired the same firm to audit Lightwave in July 2025.
“If the results were adverse in 2024, why did the then Minister not voice concerns at that time after spending such a significant amount of taxpayer money? Moreover, the public has a right to know whether (Company X) is certified for auditing purposes,” Mr. Adjei stated.
He said that despite repeated requests from Lightwave’s management and legal counsel, the Health Minister has declined to give Lightwave a copy of the most recent audit.
Lightwave has been accused by the Ministry of not fulfilling the conditions of a $100 million contract to deploy LHIMS to connect 950 health facilities across the country.
According to Mr. Adjei, the matter was brought up again during the Minister’s one and only meeting with Lightwave in the MoH conference room, which was attended by the Minister’s personal attorney, the MoH’s attorney, staff from the MoH and Ghana Health Service, and, surprisingly, two Directors from National Security.
“As we speak, we have not shut down any of our systems” the project manager said. “Some public health facilities are fully operational, utilising our platform.”
Despite its desire to proceed with the project, Lightwave has stated that the Ministry has declined to interact with the business.
Lightwave has not received a significant reaction from the Ministry since their most recent meeting in September of this year.
After almost two weeks, the Ministry’s only response to Lightwave’s attorney’s request for arbitration in line with the terms of the contract for dispute resolution was that they had sent the request to the Attorney General’s (AG) office, even though the AG’s office and the Office of the President were copied on the initial request and subsequent reminder.
Source: newsthemegh.com