Former GHS Director-General urges outgoing Programme Managers & Deputy Directors to support new appointees

A former Director General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Appiah Denkyira has entreated previous occupants of positions that have been re-assigned at the Ghana Health Service to support the new appointees in their new roles.

His comments comes in the wake of reactions following the massive shake up of some 13 programme managers and Deputy Directors at the service.

The Ghana Health Service has undertaken another significant restructuring process with a massive shake up of programme managers and Deputy Directors.

The thirteen Programme managers and District Directors including Dr Kezia Malm, the national malaria elimination program, Dr. Kwame Amponsa Achiano, EPI manager, Dr. Stephen Ayisi Addo of the National Aids control program among many others have all been re-assigned effective May 19.

A letter to all divisional directors and regional directors and signed by the acting director general of the service, Prof. Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, noted the re-assignment is part of a national strategy to strengthen the health system.

The decision has been met with mixed reaction among the populace considering most of the managers have been serving in the respective roles for almost a decade.

But the former director general of the service Dr. Appiah Denkyira says it is within the remit of a Director General to make such changes.

“Normally when officers have stayed at a particular place for some time, And for program directors, sometimes we allow them to stay long because the become more something, they develop a project proposal development, for which reason, we able to win A lot of projects, and they’re also able to get a lot of stakeholders known to the country.”

He, however entreated the previous occupants of the roles to offer technical support.

“The most important thing that whoever is taking over, I must be qualified. I should have done some public health. Worked at the grassroots. You know the needs of the people down there. Know how to develop proposals. The policies of the country. I don’t know what is happening in the health sector. So normally, what we do is that you, you will let those who are moving out that actually assist those who are coming by way of introduce and. To the stakeholders and also to the nitty gritty support the work and tips,” he explained.

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