apologised to the MPs on his behalf<\/strong><\/a>,<\/span> Prof. Dodoo appeared before the MPs on Thursday to personally render his apology.<\/p>\nHe apologised for his utterances with the explanation that championing vaccine safety for over 25 years is his passion and it got the better part of him when people were opposing the trial.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cChairing the Global Vaccine Safety Initiative and working in vaccine and medicine safety for the past 25 plus years\u2026one develops the passion to get this job done so the national interest overrides everything but to the extent that that national interest has been compromised by the heat generated by those unfortunate statements\u2026I offer a sincere and unqualified apology to the House and the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Professor Dodoo who is the chairman of the Global Vaccine Safety Initiative indicated that in his line of work, he relies heavily on state institutions for support therefore, \u201cit will be paradoxical to be undermining Parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI will never at any point disrespect the decision of Parliament nor indeed, Members of Parliament; that is not my interest,\u201d he said, adding that, \u201cbut to the extent that my words, actions or inactions have led to that, I will offer to the House, members and to the people of Ghana, an unqualified apology.\u201d<\/p>\n
After the apology, members of the committee were expected to grill the Professor but Barton Odro intervened with the explanation that since there has been a formal apology from the Professor, they had to end the proceeding.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve heard it all from the horse\u2019s own mouth. Left to me alone, there should be no further questioning,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mr. Odro indicated that the committee will prepare its report for a decision to be made.<\/p>\n
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By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n