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Former Deputy Health Minister, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye has called on Ghanaians to spare the Health Minister following his controversial Sputnik V vaccine deal.

The Minister, Dr. Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, entered into the deal with a middleman without Parliamentary and Cabinet approval in the procurement of the vaccine.

During a probe by a Parliamentary ad hoc Committee, the Minister admitted his mistake and although he initially denied knowledge of making any payments for the purchase of the vaccine, he has written for a refund of part of the money paid the middleman for the vaccine.

The middleman named Sheikh Al Maktoum has since refunded $2.47 million to the appropriate authority for a closure on the matter.

However, there are incessant calls on the Health Minister to resign or be fired by President Nana Akufo-Addo. 

Dr. Okoe Boye has pleaded for mercy for the Health Minister.

"When a friend falls, I don't laugh but I learn...'', he dished out a moral sermon while discussing the issue on Peace FM's ''Kokrokoo''.