The Ministry of Health yesterday denied a statement by the Office of the Auditor General in its 2023 report on the public accounts that billions of dollars worth of drugs had expired between 2023 and June this year.
It is unclear how the ministry can now dispute this when it had been given a chance by the Office of the Auditor General to respond to this during routine auditing.
The contention by the Auditor General’s Office would be deeply embarrassing to the government.
In a statement via the Department of Public Information, the Ministry of Health said it “firmly denies the recent article alleging that billions of dollars of drugs expired between 2023 and 2024”.