There is confusion on social media over the visit of Dr Bernard Okoe Boye to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
Minister Designate for Health is expected to visit the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital today Monday, April 29, 2024.
He is expected to visit the Administration, COVID-19 treatment center, Urology and NephrologyCenter and the Dialysis center of the hospital
However, a letter announcing his visit which has been headlined Minister’s Visit to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has raised questions over the constitutionality of the visit since Dr Okoh Boye hasn’t been approved as the substantive Health Minister.
To many, there is a breach of the constitution and it is criminal.
However, some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have indicated that he represents the President at the hospital and is not there as a Minister.
Krobea Kwabena Asante who is in charge of new media in a post shared via social media said “
On the Visit of Dr. Okoe Boye (OB) Health Minister-designate to Korle Bu which has becomea breakfast for Edudzi, let’s straighten some mischief.
To start with, the Chief Director got the heading wrong, Dr. OB is not a minister so that should have been omitted howbeit in the same letter the Chief Director indicated that Dr. OB was the President’s rep at the ministry which is not something new in our governance. So what is the brouhaha about. The body of the letter explained the actual role of Dr. OB.
On President’s rep at a minister, I recall Dr Omane Boamah in 2013 despite not being the Sports Minister, was appointed the President’s rep at the Sports ministry to oversee the AFCON in South Africa. Was that also misgovernance?
Let’s major in the majors and minor in the minors not the reverse.
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