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Encourage communities to enroll on NHIS – Oko Boye urges traditional leaders
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Dr. Oko Boye having a discussion with community members
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye has called on traditional authorities to encourage their community members to enroll onto the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) as it has been expanded to cater for more health conditions.
He said the NHIS was the surest means of accessing quality and affordable healthcare services and hence implored Ghanaians, both home and abroad to enroll onto the scheme.
The CEO made this known when he paid a courtesy call on the Paramount Chief of the Waala Traditional Area at Wa in the Upper West Region on Thursday.
The visit formed part of a three-day working visit to the Region to interact with staff of the NHIA, acquaint himself with some of their operational challenges as well as challenges faced by the scheme and to inspect ongoing NHIS projects in the region.
He was accompanied by some members of the board of Directors of the NHIA as well as management and some staff of the Authority.
Dr Okoe-Boye said even though the scheme was faced with some form of challenges, management was working hard to find lasting solution the problems.
‘’It is very important for every Ghanaian to hold an NHIS card in order to enable them access affordable healthcare services as citizens, it is your rights and you must take the opportunity’’, he said.
He mentioned that the NHIS had come a long way from the old method of registration and renewal to the current use of technology by citizens to enroll and renew their membership at the comfort of their homes
Government, he stated would continue to invest in the scheme to enable every Ghanaian take good care of their health, adding that the NHIS had not shown any sign of collapsing.
He assured of his outfit’s commitment to providing the needed support to ensure that ongoing construction of district NHIA offices were completed before the end of the year.
The Paramount Chief, Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo commended the delegation for the tour in the region and used the opportunity to appeal to the CEO and the management of the scheme to fast-track work on the construction of the ongoing NHIA district offices in the region.
Highlighting some of the challenges confronting the Scheme in the region, the Chief said the offices lacked adequate staff and infrastructure and was hopeful that these challenges would be addressed as a matter of urgency.
He encouraged the public, particularly residents of Wa to take advantage of the NHIS to get them selves covered to avoid medical emergencies in future.
Accompanied by his team, the CEO inspected ongoing projects of the Authority at Issa in the Daffiama-Bussie-Issa District and Lawra in the Lawra Municipality which would serve as offices for the Scheme in the two areas.
From Rafia Abdul Razak,WA
The Paramount Chief of Bamvum, Abdulai Ziblim, has donated a one-acre plot of land at Jongshegu, a suburb of Tamale, to the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) for the construction of a new fire station.
The Northern Regional Commander of the GNFS, ACFO I Joseph Koranteng, led a delegation to formally accept the land and expressed appreciation to the Chief for his commitment to public safety.
The proposed fire station is expected to improve emergency response times and strengthen fire safety coverage as Jongshegu and surrounding communities continue to expand rapidly.
The Chief called on stakeholders to support the swift development of the facility, while ACFO I Koranteng described the donation as a strong example of collaboration between traditional authorities and state institutions to protect lives and property.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
A 24-year-old tricycle (Pragyia) rider, has been jailed three months by the Nkawie Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti Region for biting a Community Police Assistant (CPA) at Nkawie.
Abdul Aziz pleaded guilty to the charge of negligently causing harm and was convicted on his own plea.
Police Inspector Kwaku Frimpong, prosecuting told the court presided by Mr Robert Addo that, complainants in the case were officers from the Nkawie Divisional Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service.
He said on September 3, at about 8:40am, the complainants led by Chief Inspector Abedi Larbi, were on their official patrol duty to ensure safety at Nkawie township and met the convict, who was in-charge of a Pragya tricycle with registration number M-25-A-3722.
He explained that, after a careful inspection, it was detected that the convict was without licence and other required documents, so Alhassan Seidu, the CPA, was instructed to lead him to the office for the next action.
On their way to the office, the convict took a different direction, so the CPA directed him to take the right route to the police station, but he disobeyed and attacked the CPA, resulting in a struggle between them.
In the process the convict bit the CPA on the chest, so he shouted for help and some nearby youth rushed to the scene and helped him to arrest the convict.
In his caution statement, he admitted the offence and after further investigations he was charged and brought before the court. –GNA
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