Gov't Has Not Diverted GHc 17.5m of NHIA Fund - Deputy Minister (VIDEO)
Government has denied diverting GHc 17.5m from the NHIA fund meant for payment of claims to service providers.
According to them, government has settled claims of service providers and is still settling claims of providers who have not been paid yet.
Speaking on Okay FM's 'Ade Akye Abia' programme, Deputy Information Minister, Pius Enam Hadzide explained that government has over the years since assuming power settled debts left by the erstwhile Mahama government.
"So it is very bemusing to hear the NDC saying that government has diverted funds supposedly meant for the payment of claims to service providers," he said.
The National Democratic Congress [NDC] says the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is currently "gasping for liquidity breath" and on the verge of collapse under the Nana Addo-led government.
The party alleged that the collapse is due to debt government owes service providers across the country.
Speaking at the third edition of the party’s 'Moment of Truth Series', the National Communication Officer, Sammy Gyamfi said “Even the President knows this”.
According to the opposition party, the NHIS currently owes service providers in all sixteen regions claims covering a period of twelve months, a situation which has landed most health care facilities in distress.
“Akufo-Addo peddled blatant untruth when he claimed that the NHIS is ‘buoyant and has come back to life’, the truth of the matter is that, then NHIS, very known to the President, is in deplorable state and gasping for liquidity breath. Currently, the NHIS owes service providers in all the sixteen regions of Ghana claims covering a period of almost twelve months. This has landed most health care facilities in distress.”
“Our health facilities are being crippled as a result of the huge indebtedness of the NHIS to service providers,” Sammy Gyamfi said.
The NDC also accused government of illegally transferring over GHc17.5 million of the scheme's funds into a private fund management company, All Time Capital Investment; a transaction that was done without due diligence and risk assessment.
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