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The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana has expressed indignation about the conduct of the Ghana Police Service in the case involving Kinarpharma, a leading pharmaceutical company in Ghana.Police on Thursday stormed the company’s warehouse at Spintex in Accra on suspicion that the company is hoarding substances believed to be cocaine there, but after forensic tests, it ended up being a hoax. In the process, three top officials of the company were arrested and detained.
President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana, Dr. Alex Dodoo, said the society brooded over the incidence and considered it as a “worrying” development detrimental to the growing image of pharmaceutical companies in Ghana.The management of the company has demanded a formal apology from the police “for damaging the company's hard earned reputation”, and has also threatened to sue the police and some media houses.Dr Dodoo told Peace FM Kokrokoo programme on Monday that, personally, he “was very sad” about how the issue was handled and placed in the public domain without detail investigations.He therefore called on the country to treat companies operating in Ghana with “respect and decorum”.“The Governing board [of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana] met on Saturday, and I am the chairman of the board as well. What we said was this, we do not want any Ghanaian company to lose its business because people [who] should do things, have done them wrongly.”He warned that not only the pharmaceutical company, but the country, will suffer if such actions lead to the demise of a reputable company.He said even though he does not take anything away from the police doing their routine job, “[they] should be fair and balance to ensure that Ghanaians get the best”.The Pharmaceutical Society, he noted, would soon release a statement concerning the conduct of the police.General Manager of the company, Mr. Eshun Nuamah Fameyeh, who early on hinted about the company’s decision to take legal action against the police and some media houses, was surprised the police spent 13 to 14 hours testing what they could have, under normal circumstance, use 10 minutes.He touted the credentials of the company and the international reputation of its owner. The company that reinvested about $32 million into its operations two years ago currently employs about 800 people.“This just doesn’t make sense. Master (referring to programme host, Kwami Sefa Kayi) it just doesn’t make sense,” Mr Fameyeh summed up his impression about the whole incident.Listen to the attached audio for Mr. Eshun Fameyeh’s account of the issue and the Pharmaceutical Society’s responseStory by Isaac Essel/Myjoyonline.com/Ghana
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