The Alliance for Social Equity & Public Accountability (ASEPA), a civil society organisation, has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Ghana Health Service (GHS), demanding the immediate clearance of family planning medications that have been stranded at the Tema port since February 2024. According to ASEPA, these essential medications, donated to Ghana by international partners, have been sitting at the port for over six months due to the Ministry's alleged lack of funds to clear them. This delay, ASEPA added, has reportedly led to a critical shortage of family planning supplies in regional medical stores across the country. "We believe this trend by the Government is stifling donors' appetite for Ghana for the much-needed medical supplies. The Country cannot afford to scare these benevolent donors away, especially at a time when Government finances are seriously constrained by the current economic downturn. "We are thereby giving the Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service 48 hours to clear these medications from the port. After the 48-hour ultimatum, ASEPA would mobilize well-meaning Ghanaian women who are in serious need of these family planning medications to demonstrate at the Ministry until the medications are cleared," part of the statement read.