Sacked Tamale Teaching Hospital CEO will hand over - New CEO

The newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), Dr David Zaawumya Kolbila, has indicated that the former CEO of the hospital, Dr Prosper Akanbong, is willing to vacate his position but not until he has been compensated by the Ministry of Health.

Dr Akanbong, who was appointed in 2014, has refused to hand over to Dr Kolbila, a gynaecologist and lecturer at the University for Development Studies Medical School.

According to him, the government, through the Ministry of Health, is supposed to compensate him, hence he is awaiting the package before he hands over.

Commenting on this development in an interview with Valentina Ofori-Afriyie on 505 on Class91.3FM on Monday June 12, Dr Kolbila said: “This morning, I was supposed to take over from Dr Akanbong, but he said he hadn’t received any directive from the Minister of Health to hand over, he said he [was] awaiting some letters from the Minister, he said he had had other negotiations with the minister, so he is waiting for responses before he can hand over. He said he is prepared to hand over anytime that these letters get to him.”

He added: “He said he sent a reminder in writing to the minister on Friday and he is awaiting response. I was supposed to resume on the 1st of June …but he said he hasn’t received the directive to hand over yet.

“He said he was not against the new appointment and not against handing over, but he said he wants due process, he wants to be duly compensated, so he needed responses from the Minister of Health on some issues they had discussed with him before he can handover.”