Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, the founder of the public policy think tank, Danquah Institute (DI), has reacted to Dr Bernard Okoe Boye’s appointment as acting CEO of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), saying his loyalty had paid off.
In a tweet Thursday evening (21 April) after Dr Boye’s appointment was announced, Otchere-Darko said: “In politics what makes or breaks you is how you deal with disappointments.”
“I keep telling party [NPP] loyalists, especially the younger ones, who come to me with tears over lack of recognition or those who come feeling eternally wounded by disappointments. My message to them is this: “In politics what makes or breaks you is how you deal with disappointments,” Otchere-Darko tweeted.
I keep telling party loyalists, especially the younger ones, who come to me with tears over lack of recognition or those who come feeling eternally wounded by disappointments. My message to them is this: “In politics what makes or breaks you is how you deal with disappointments.” pic.twitter.com/N12UWboW2O
— Gabby Otchere-Darko (@GabbyDarko) April 21, 2022
Boye served as the deputy Minister of Health in President Akufo-Addo‘s first term in office.
He was the Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku in Accra from January 2017 to January 2021. He lost a bid to retain his seat and was also not reappointed as a deputy minister.
He is a medical doctor whose current appointment, pursuant to Section 14 (1) of the National Health Insurance Act, 2012 (Act 852), takes effect from May 3, 2022.
A letter from the Office of President, dated 21 April 2022, and signed by the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare congratulated Dr Okoe Boye for his appointment and asked him to indicate his acceptance or otherwise of the appointment within 14 days.
If accepted, Dr Boye will be taking over from Dr Lydia Dsane-Selby as CEO of the NHIA, responsible for running the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
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