President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
The Private Health Service Providers Association is insisting that, members have not been paid their arrears as stated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Samuel Donkor Boakye, the Public Relations Officer (PRO,) for the Association told Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm that, ‘’we have not received any payment.
We only heard that an allocation has been made but we have not received any payment.
If the payment is on the way coming, I don’t know but as I speak with you, we have not been paid’’ When asked if the Association has spoken with members to find out if they have received any payment, he said, ‘’we have not received any payment.
Those in the Eastern region have not received any penny as announced.’’ He however confirmed that, providers in the Central, Volta and Greater Accra regions have received arrears from January 2016-October 2016. But those in the Eastern, Ashanti and Northern part of Ghana have not been paid.
We do not understand why they have not paid us. We are struggling and so we will soon initiate some activities to demand for our arrears.’’
He was emphatic that, the president may have allocated the money for the arrears to be paid but the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), is discriminating against some providers when it comes to the payment.
Nana Addo delivering the keynote speech at the London School of Economics' Africa Summit, on the theme 'Africa at Work; Educated, Employed and Empowered' over the weekend said he has paid GH¢1 billion out of the GH¢1.2 billion debt inherited from the previous government.
He said "of the GH¢1.2 billion debt we inherited, the equivalent of $300 million, we have paid, in the last 15 months, GH¢1 billion, the equivalent of $250 million." He added that payments to service providers, since his government took office in January 2017, are current.
