Eminent Leaders of the Northern Region have called for a forensic audit of the financial records of the Tamale Teaching Hospital.
They include chiefs, the clergy, academicians and heads of Civil Society Organizations engaged in conflict resolution and peace management.
They petitioned the Northern Regional Coordinating Council, and implored government to overhaul the hospital’s administrative structures and possibly transfer some sectional heads.
This, in the estimation of the eminent leaders, could help address the internal wrangling which often instigates political vigilante groups to attack Chief Executive Officers of the hospital over time.
The Eminent Leaders issued a communiqué after a two-day deliberation following the chasing out of the incumbent Chief Executive Officer, Dr. David Zaawumya Kolbila by some pro- NPP youth groups.
A Non-Governmental Organization, Northern Ghana Aid (NOGAID), spearheaded the discussions in Tamale which concentrated on finding a lasting solution to the recurrent internal and external hostilities that have characterized the operations of the TTH overtime.
The Gulkpegu Naa Alhassan Abdulai and Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Professor Seidu Alhassan, signed the communiqué on behalf of the consortium.
They unequivocally condemned the Rambo-style expulsion of the past CEO, Dr. Prosper Akambong and his successor, Dr. David Kolbila, who has been reinstated by the Northern Regional Security Council.
They described the recent incident as an affront to the authority of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo who declared zero tolerance for the culture of impunity upon his assumption of office.
They backed the hospital’s striking health professionals’ demand for the immediate arrest of the perpetrators of that unlawful act.
The Eminent Leaders tasked government to as a matter of urgency constitute the TTH Governing Board.
They suggested that appointing members of the Governing Board should be devoid of partisan considerations.
They kicked against the established convention of appointing Medical Doctors as Chief Executive Officers of the TTH.
They suggested that henceforth, professional health service administrators must take over that responsibility.
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By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah/citinewsroom.com/Ghana
