Acting Chief Executive of NHIA, Dr Victor Bampoe
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has announced a massive shake-up in its leadership.
The changes, which take effect on various dates in March and April 2025, are aimed at strengthening the authority’s operations and improving its services, according a statement signed by the Chief Executive, Dr Victor Bampoe.
At the helm of the changes is the appointment of Ms. Anatu Anne Seidu Bogobiri as the new Acting Deputy Chief Executive in charge of Finance & Investment.
The statement said, Ms. Bogobiri is a lawyer by profession with over 26 years of experience from the Ghana Revenue Authority and the erstwhile Value Added Tax Service.
In view of the importance of Ms. Bogobiri’s role and the need for her to be brought on board quickly, Dr. Gustav Cruickshank, Director of Financial Accounting, has been given temporary additional responsibility to onboard her.
The NHIA has also constituted a taskforce to consult all stakeholders and provide recommendations for curbing the menace of illegal payments, also known as co-payments.
The taskforce will be chaired by Dr. Francis Asenso-Boadi, Director, and will include other senior officials.
“The issue of illegal payments continues to be the greatest threat to the successful implementation of the mandate of the NHIS, as well as to the President’s vision of rolling out Free Primary Healthcare and the Mahama Cares programme,” the NHIA stated.
As part of the shake-up, several staff members have been reassigned to new roles with some positions seen as demotion.
These include Angela Auch, who has been appointed as the Acting Director of Human Resources, and Vitus Kaleoh-Bio, who has been appointed as the Acting Director of Management Information Systems.
Other appointments include Lydia Anaab-Bisi as the Acting Director of Quality Assurance, Suleymana Abass as the Acting Director of Research, Policy, Monitoring, and Evaluation, and Mohammed Hassan Kamal as the Acting Deputy Director of the Claims Processing Centre in Kumasi.
The NHIA has also announced the reassignment of several regional directors to new roles.
These include Samuel Lobber and Kwadwo Sadiq Dwomoh, who have been reassigned as the Deputy Directors of the Claims Processing Centre in Tamale.
The changes are expected to take effect on various dates in March and April 2025.
All staff members affected by the changes have been directed to submit comprehensive handing-over notes to their supervisors prior to assuming their new roles.
-BY Issah Olegor
