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Rent Assistance Scheme Is Finally Here

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MAXWELL OFORI
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Veep Bawumia, Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare arriving at the programme venue

The government has launched the National Rental Assistance Scheme (NRAS) to support qualified citizens to rent accommodation in the country. The scheme, which is the fulfillment of the 2020 manifesto of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is also to effectively protect potential tenets from exploitation and burdensome rent advance payments.

The government launched the scheme Tuesday, January 31, 2023 two years after beginning its second term, whose campaign saw the promise of the scheme.

The Scheme, which adds to the plethora of social interventions rolled by this government is expected to provide low-to-middle income earners with a mechanism to pay low monthly rent.

This effectively removes the need for rent advance payment and ultimately improves the quality of rental accommodation, especially in the urban cities, the idea behind the scheme.

FORMAL AND INFORMAL SECTOR

Launching the Scheme yesterday in Accra, the Vice President, H.E Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia indicated that the Scheme will target individuals, both in the formal and informal sectors with identifiable and regular income, adding that the rent advance loans will be paid directly into the bank accounts of landlords.

“I am aware of the series of engagements that have gone on between key stakeholders on the operationalisation of the Scheme and I look forward to the enormous relief that the Scheme will bring to its beneficiaries and the good people of Ghana”.

He added that it ultimately enhance the creditworthiness of potential tenants in their search for residential rental accommodation.

The Vice-President further explained the introduction of the Scheme, is part of measures to reduce the need for huge rent advance payment requests by landlords.

SOME STATISTICS

Rental accommodation has been a significant share of shelter services in the country, especially in urban areas, catering for 34.6% of households; out of which 46% is in urban areas and 17.1% in rural areas.

Research further reveals that only 5% of Ghana’s population can acquire their own homes without any form of assistance, with 60% requiring support that is facilitated by the state to access housing whilst 35% will require additional direct support before they can have access to housing.

The sector Minister, Francis Asenso-Boakye stated that the urgent need to improve opportunities for people especially the youth to access the minimum standard of decent rental accommodation stems from the nonexistent mechanism by which deserving households can be supported and protect them from undue exploitation.

Asenso-Boakye disclosed that Government has made a commitment of up to GH¢30million to implement the initial phase of the Scheme which will cover the Greater Accra, Ashanti, Northern, Western, Eastern and Bono East Regions, adding that these regions, according to the Rent Control Department, are predominantly noted for rent advance payments.

“The objective of government is to operationalise the Scheme throughout the country, through various rental assistance solutions for the improvement of the rental housing market in Ghana.”

GH¢30M INITIAL MONEY

The Minister for Works and Housing, Francis Asenso-Boakye, revealed government’s commitment of GH¢30m towards the initial implementation of the Scheme.

Speaking at the launch, the sector Minister explained that the initial implementation will cover Six (6) regions namely; Greater Accra, Ashanti, Eastern, Western, Bono East and Northern Regions, due to their peculiar rent advance payments challenges.

“The objective of government is to operationalise the Scheme throughout the country through the various rental assistance solutions to ultimately improve the rental housing market in the country,” The minister added.

Mr Asenso-Boakye appealed to the media to disseminate and inform the general public on the Scheme to ensure that it serves its intended purpose, adding that the Project Management Committee of the Scheme will “welcome feedback and constructive critiques in fine-tuning this important national intervention.”

REQUIREMENTS

To be eligible for the Scheme, the applicant must show proof of the following minimum requirements; be a Ghanaian, possess a valid Ghana Card, must be an adult of eighteen (18) years and above, verifiable employment and earned income, must have a verifiable bank statement or mobile money statement, rent payable must not exceed 30 percent of the household income.

APPLICATION PROCESS

The qualified person is expected to identify a property of their preference and notify the NRAS of same through a formal online application. (www.nras.gov.gh)

Applicant must show proof of employment (3 months’ pay slips) and proof of income (3 months bank statements), 2 forms of IDs and pay GH100 application processing fee.

In just 5-10 business days, the Scheme will verify your application and supporting documents, determine your affordability and the ability to pay back.

After applicant has been approved, the Scheme will contact the chosen landlord, inspect the rental property, sign all tenancy documentations and pay the rent advance directly to the landlord.

Tenant takes possession of the rental property thereafter and rent payment is always due on the 1st of each month.

Max Mart, Palace Mall have failed to comply with tax law -GRA

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BERNICE BESSEY
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Max Mart

Three companies, Max Mart, Palace Mall and Fresh First Limited -Second Cup, have been indicted for noncompliance of the tax law.

Max Mart, East Legon, and Fresh First Limited -Second Cup, Dzorwulu branches, were indicted for non-issuance of the electronic tax invoice, while Palace Mall, Tema Community 25 branch, was indicted for duplication of Value Added Tax (VAT) invoice.

Branch managers of these companies have been arrested by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) tax enforcement team.

The Accra Area Enforcement Manager of the GRA, Joseph Annan, told journalists after an enforcement exercise yesterday, that the team was embarking on branch specific.

He said, so far, the company had visited 15 branches of various companies that were in default of tax compliance. According to him, the exercise was still ongoing, and “once you are arrested, we will take your statement, and somebody will come in and bail you.

“Then we will continue with our investigation. We are looking forward for a trial. We are trying to put our dockets together as early as possible, so that we can take them to court.”

Pointing to the VAT Act 2013, section 58 and 59, as well as the Revenue Administration Act, he said defaulting companies or entities would be slapped with a maximum of 1500 penalty units fine if there was no assessment to it, imprisonment of not more than five years, or a combination of both.

Assembly declares Ho an ‘Oxygen City’

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SAMUEL AGBEWODE
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The Ho Municipal Planning Officer, Mr Wahabu Zakari addressing participants at the forum in Ho
Mr. Divine Bosson, Ho MCE

The Ho Municipal Assembly has put in place a plan to protect the environment to help sustain the status of the Municipality as ‘the only oxygen city in the country.’ The assembly has also urged the adjoining assemblies – Adaklu, Agortime-Ziope and Ho-West – to join the campaign.

The Municipal Planning Officer, Mr. Wahabu Zakari, who made this known at a stakeholder forum in Ho, explained that the inclusion of the three districts in the development plan was strategic, because the actions and inactions of the three districts would affect the Ho Municipality.

Mr. Zakari said his outfit had identified bush burning as a major threat to efforts they were making to protect the environment, and that the Assembly, in collaboration with the other districts, would form an inter-assembly bush-fire taskforce to protect the environment against bush fires.

The Assembly also has plans to deal with climate change, pollution, and loss of biodiversity in the Municipality.

The Planning Officer disclosed that under the plan to make Ho ‘the oxygen city of Ghana’, the Assembly would soon start the implementation of a programme dubbed ‘One house five trees’, which would ensure that landlords plant five tree before building permits are given to them.

Mr. Zakari continued that in the case of existing households, the Assembly, in collaboration with the Forestry Commission (FC), would provide seedlings to the landlords for planting.

To help improve tourism in the Ho township, he disclosed that the Assembly intended to construct walkways for easy climbing of the ‘Kabakaba Hills’.

He also spoke about the establishment of an ‘Oxygen City’ information centre with hotel facilities, which would be managed by the private sector.

The centre would provide information about all the tourist sites in the Municipality to visiting tourists.

Mr. Zakari also disclosed that the Assembly had plans to improve upon the road networks in the area, including the provision of bicycle lanes, construction of a commercial car-park. According to him, upon the completion of the latter, all car owners would be required to park their cars at the car park and ride bicycles to town to help limit carbon emission.

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr. Divine Bosson, on his part, appealed to local and international investors to come and support the Assembly to achieve the vision the Planning Officer had outlined.

The Volta Regional Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Mr. Hope Smith Lomotey, said it took his outfit years of scientific research before accepting the fact that the Ho Municipality had gained the status of ‘Oxygen City.

He cautioned the residents to adhere strictly to environmental protection practices to sustain the high level of oxygen found in the area.

Mr. Lomotey, however, explained that even though there was a high level of oxygen in Ho, the residents needed to increase it, because scientifically plants competed with human beings in the night to use oxygen, which could reduce the high level in Ho in future.

Editorial: Addressing Challenges of Computerised School Selection & Placement System

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THE CHRONICLE
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Editorial

Investigations by the Fourth Estate captured in a documentary titled “School Placement for Sale”, has uncovered widespread fraud in the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS).

The Fourth Estate documentary has opened a can of worms and revealed that the CSSPS for the placement of students to Senior High Schools has been corrupted to the extent that it is no longer based on merit, but the payment of enormous sums of money to warrant admission into desired schools.

The CSSPS was introduced in 2005 by the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Ghana Education Service (GES). It is an automated merit-based school placement system that was meant to replace the manual system of admissions. The CSSPS was established to place junior high graduates into senior high schools (SHS) and meant to increase transparency, fairness and cost-effectiveness in the admission process.

According to research, 375,000 Ghanaian students take the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) at the end of Junior High School (JHS) Form 3 (ninth grade) in seven subjects. Admission to Senior High School is competitive so only 150,000 students can be admitted into the 500 public and 200 private schools.

The introduction of the CSSPS has, therefore, helped to ensure uniformity and an almost equal distribution of students among the various senior high schools. However, the CSSPS seems to be developing challenges and needs a second look.

A research conducted in 2020 revealed that challenges to the Computerized School Selection and Placement System was the human factor, in terms of refusal of parents and students to accept placement into other schools, apart from their chosen high endowed schools. The parents as such push their way through to bribe officials to get their choice of school for their wards, at the expense of the deprived ones.

The investigation further revealed that some parents paid up to GH¢20,000 to get their children enrolled in top-tier senior high schools and in some cases, people pay as much as GHC10,000 to maintain a slot.

Previously, school placement was administered manually which provided a lot of opportunities for inequalities, corruption and favoritism in the selection. The Ghana Education Service, therefore, introduced the CSSPS in 2005 to eliminate corruption in the placement system. However, individuals and government officials have connived to undermine the CSSPS and The Chronicle can boldly say that we have come back to square one, during the pre-2005 manual selection period.

The advantage of the centralised application system for admission to secondary school based provided opportunities for high-achieving students to attend the best schools in the country, irrespective of their families’ economic background. Such systems may be especially important in reducing inequality in settings with large variation in household income and school quality.

The centralised application system seems to have been run down and the earlier the Ghana Education Service addresses the situation, the better it would be for the youthful population.

The Chronicle applauds the Fourth Estate’s expose and also happy that the GES has already arrested some persons found guilty for investigations to start. The CSSPS obviously needs overhauling.

Fly Africaada Unveils Commercial Operational Plan

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JENNIFER AMBOLLEY
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Fly Africaada Aircraft

Fly Africaada Aviation Company has unveiled its plans of introducing a state-of-the-art new generation fleet of aircraft to commence and sustainably expand routes and seamlessly connect the West, East, Central, and Southern African regions (Sub-Saharan Africa) with the rest of the world.

At a press conference in Accra, Fly Africaada unveiled that it had plans of serving routes across West Africa and connecting the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Spain, Netherlands, France, and Germany through its hub at Banjul International Airport, The Gambia upon regulatory approval.

According to the Chairman of the company, HRH Prince Ebrahim of Gambia, the Fly Africaada Aviation Company was committed to serving its patrons with world class services to their satisfaction.

When asked how the company would achieve its mission of connecting a seamless Africa, he said: “We will achieve our mission by providing the Safest, Most Reliable, Most Seamlessly Interconnected and highest incentivised airline in Africa; through committed lenses of our 5 C’s structured vision: Convenience, Connectivity, Consistency, Cost-Effectiveness, and unbeatable Customer Service.”

Prince Ebrahim averred that Fly Africaada would be the safest airline in Africa, and among the world’s best.

“Every single aircraft in the Fly Africaada fleet are fully approved airworthy and within Air Operations Certification by European Air Safety Agency (EASA) to operate within the European Union airspace.

“This certification naturally puts us alongside the safety standards of the world’s safest carriers. Our passengers can be at ease and comfort when flying Africaada.”

Fly Africaada promises to deliver Afrocentric inflight entertainment for every passenger, with the largest catalogue of Music, Cinema, podcasts, eBooks, Magazines, News, and African television.

Mr. Enoch Atakorah, Public Relations officer of the Company, dilated that every seat of their aircraft could be personalised and tailored to passengers’ entertainment tastes to deliver an unforgettable experience.

“Fly Africaada knows that reliability is a major problem in the aviation industry, especially among many African carriers.” He continued: “In this regard, we committed to raising the bar, to become the most reliable airline in Africa, with a benchmark of 99.9% up to time on departures and arrivals.”

The airline operation has promised to be unbeatable in prices and has put in place various types of payments for the convenience of their customers.

The company’s PRO disclosed that they would make their booking process customer-friendly, via their websites and app.

Businessman allegedly defrauds company off GH¢3m

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BERNICE BESSEY
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Accra Circuit Court

A 34-year-old self-style businessman, Nana Kwesi Obeng Koranteng, is before an Accra Circuit urt for allegedly defrauding an entity off GH¢3,000,000.00, that he had won a contract to supply Kasapreko Company Limited quantities of petroleum products.

He falsely presented himself to Chizing Company Limited as the Chief Executive of Syncore Petroleum Ghana Limited to part with the money.

Koranteng has, therefore, been slapped with defrauding by false pretences, but pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The court has granted him bail in the sum of GH¢2 million, with three sureties who are Ghanaians and members of his family.

The accused was also ordered by the court to report to the police once a week, and submit all his travelling documents to the Registry of the court.

Facts of the case

The prosecution, led by DSP Evans Kesse, told the court that the complainant in the case was Francis Dadzie, a businessman and a resident of Qyarifa in Accra.

He added that the accused, Nana Kwesi Obeng Koranteng, was a self-styled businessman and resided at Cantonments, also in Accra.

According to him, in November 2021, the accused, who claims to be the Chief Executive of Syncore Petroleum Ghana Limited, approached the complainant with certain claims that he had won a contract to supply some quantities of petroleum products to Kasapreko Company Limited.

He narrated to the court that the accused deceived the complainant to believe that if he could release some funds to him, he could invest same into the alleged contract which could get him very high returns in 60 days.

The accused followed this claim by further presenting some documents to the complainant – that he was the signatory to a Guaranteed Trust Bank account, which the accused had opened for that purpose.

The court was told that based on all these, the complainant became convinced and transferred cash in the total sum of GH¢3,000,000 00 to the accused for that purpose.

Unfortunately, the accused person, after receiving the funds, went into hiding and stopped all communications with the complainant.

On October 24, 2022, the complainant reported the case to the police, and on November 15, the accused person was arrested.

He admitted the offence and pleaded for one month to refund the money, but failed.

Police investigations, however, revealed that the accused person had never had any contract with Kasapreko Company Limited, but only used that as his modus operandi to defraud the complainant.

Koranteng has, so far, issued a banker’s draft of GH¢250,000  to the complainant.

The court has adjourned the case to February 16, this year.

Africa needs $100bn investment in the internet space -MTN CEO

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ERNEST BEST ANANE
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Ralph Mupita, Group President of MTN (first right) with Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta and Ebenezer Asante Twum of MTN

Ralph Mupita, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MTN Group, has called for the modernisation and harmonisation of regulatory frameworks to enable Africa deliver universal broadband coverage by 2030. This, according to him, would need about a $100 billion in investment.

Speaking at the maiden edition of the Africa Prosperity Dialogues, under the theme: “Moving from Ambition to Action: The Role of Telecommunications in Deepening Intra-African Trade, Challenges and Opportunity,” Ralph Mupita stated that the regulatory frameworks for Africa’s telecommunications industry does not reflect its current advancement.

“They are still positioned for the era of voice. As the world continues to undergo major digital transformation and disruption, our regulatory frameworks need to evolve to reflect these technological advancements.”

The Africa Prosperity Dialogues is organised by the Africa Prosperity Network, and is aimed at achieving deeper economic integration between African states in outlining its industrialisation priorities.

The Summit, amongst other things, discussed policies that would ensure the successful implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

The event brought together a number of distinguished African leaders, including the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and the former President of Niger and AfCFTA Champion, Issofou Mohamadou, as well as many government and business leaders.

MTN Group Senior Vice President for Emerging Markets, Ebenezer Twum Asante, MTN Group Chief Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer, Nompilo Morafo, and the CEO of MTN Ghana, Selorm Adadevoh, were in attendance.

Mr. Mupita underscored the need for intense investment by all stakeholders to achieve universal broadband coverage on the African Continent.

According to him, achieving universal broadband coverage on the Continent, and building digital solutions for Africa’s progress, requires a lot of investment, not only in terms of digital infrastructure across regions, “but modernisation of our policies and frameworks, as well as the collective effort of all stakeholders.”

He noted that as telecommunications globally sees rapid technological advancements, the continent needed to work towards having a robust regulatory framework, which was relevant for the times and its future fit.

In line with this, he said, there was also a need for fair share contributions from all ecosystem participants, especially the private sector, in terms of building and investing in infrastructure.

He indicated that it required a fair share contribution by both local and international players, including mobile network operators and OTTs.

The President and CEO of MTN Group also indicated that given the challenges Africa continued to face, the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic, effects of the Ukraine war, rising costs of food and fuel prices, and inflation amongst others, Africa would need $100 billion capital investment to be able to remain eligible to provide universal broadband coverage for all Africans.

According to a report by the World Bank: The Broadband for all Working Group – across Africa, where less than a third of the population has access to broadband connectivity, achieving universal affordable and good quality internet access by 2023 will require an investment of about $100 billion.

Registrar of Companies to deletes 513,338 business names

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BERNICE BESSEY
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ORC

The Office of the Registrar of Companies (ORC) has commenced the process of deleting 513,338 names of businesses, which have defaulted in the renewal of their certificates from its Register.

This exercise is in line with Section 5A (2) of the Registration of Business Names Act, 1962 (Act 151) on Annual Renewals, which reads: “Without prejudice to any other liability prescribed by this Act, a registration which is not renewed in accordance with this section shall LAPSE and the Registrar may remove from the Register the Business Name of the person whose Registration has lapsed after the expiration of the period prescribed for the renewal.”

“What this means is that, failure to renew a Business Name (Sole Proprietorship) or a Subsidiary Business name for a period of 3 months after the year has ended, leaves the name open to be used by anyone interested in the name.

“Therefore, to avoid such Business Names falling into the public domain, and for anyone of interest to use it after it has been struck off the Business Name Register, all Business Name Owners are entreated to renew their Business Names before the end of April, 2023,” a statement issued in Accra yesterday said.

It said Business Name Owners can be in good standing by renewing their business name through the short code *222#, and follow the prompt to make payment on the Ghana.Gov payment platform with their Mobile Money (Momo) wallet, or walk into our Offices across the country and make payment at our in-house Fidelity Bank.

“The ORC urges the general public to avoid the use of intermediaries and agents when transacting business with it, and ignore all calls or text messages from fraudsters purporting to be ‘lawyers’ or staff of the Office and demanding Mobile Money transfers in order to put their businesses in good standing.

“Kindly note that the Office does not have nor operate a Mobile Money Account or have designated any lawyer for that purpose,” it added.

NHIA’s Free Elderly Care Policy making great impact

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NHIA Governing Board Chair (Left) Dr Ernest KP Kwarko cheerfully watching President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo – Addo (Middle) in a group photograph with NHIA Governing Board Members and Executive Management

The underlying health conditions of the elderly in all spheres of life got complicated by the global outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. 

Appreciating that the elderly deserved maximum healthcare and reassurance, Ghana Government has activated a national program known as the ‘Free Elderly Care Policy.’

This instant healthcare policy, embedded in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was introduced on December 9, 2022, to address the many health-related challenges faced by the older population.

This means the government is giving greater priority to covering the healthcare needs of vulnerable groups in Ghana, especially those within the age bracket of 70 and above.

With the support of the Ministry of Health, the NHIA Governing Board initiated the policy directive, following the successful launch of the digital platform dubbed, ‘MyNHIS.’

In fulfilling this policy, the President of the Republic, H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo approved the policy pursuant to the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Governing Board’s bidding.

The Presidential assent signaled a strong political leadership needed to deliver successfully, the nation’s Universal Health Coverage (UHC) agenda.

The policy guarantees a waiver of the mandatory 30-day waiting period and an exemption from the premium and processing fees payment, as a member of the Scheme.

The push strengthened Ghana’s goal of attaining Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by the year 2030, riding on the NHIS.

Universal Health Coverage is built on foundations of equity and rights to quality and affordable healthcare services, regardless of people’s geographical locations.

Impact

NHIA Delegation paying attention to President Akufo Addo

The policy is providing older persons with distinct, specialized, and complete healthcare in addition to the government’s Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) program.

This is making it crucial for addressing their healthcare-related concerns, leading to improving the life expectancy ratio of the older population in Ghana.

Since its inception, members of the Scheme who are 70 years and above have been exempted from paying “premiums” or contributions.

For the aged above 70 years to freshly sign up for the NHIS or renew their membership requires payment of only a processing fee of Ghc8 for registration and Ghc5 for renewal.

NHIA Digitalization enthusiasm 

The NHIA is leveraging the national digitalization drive to shift from a paper to a paperless regime. The  Authority is continually building robust homegrown innovations geared towards saving income and improving efficiency.

Latest Innovation-MyNHIS App

Ending the year 2022, the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) strategically introduced an online registration platform dubbed, “My NHIS.”

As a convenient mobile App solution, Vice President of the Republic, Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia officially unveiled the App to enable residents in Ghana and beyond to use their Ghana cards and sign up for the NHIS at their own convenience.

The APP operates on both Android and iOS smartphones and  will issue digitized NHIS cards and provide a mechanism for the NHIA to fulfill its statutory obligations.

Similar to the NHIS Mobile Renewal platform, people can comfortably sit anywhere and use any mobile phone to sign up for the NHIS.

Significance

The App enables corporate clients and other citizens to use their Ghana Cards to register for the NHIS without necessarily visiting any of the NHIA district offices for the same service.

The new App empowers people to securely pay registration and membership renewal fees from their mobile money wallets, Bank cards, and other payment platforms.

Most importantly, the innovation delivers a vastly improved renewal experience to NHIS members as it saves time and money, thereby making the Scheme much more accessible to all residents in Ghana and beyond.

It is of utmost importance that Ghanaians home and abroad will take advantage of the new App to save time, and expenses, increase higher levels of convenience, eliminate data entry errors, and improve efficiency.

NHIS Journey So Far

The NHIS which was introduced in the year 2003 by the erstwhile John Agyekum Kufuor-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) government and can boast of over 17 million active members representing nearly 55 percent of Ghana’s total population as at the end of 2022.

The Scheme was launched to promote access to equitable and quality healthcare for all residents in Ghana and beyond.

As a pro-poor social intervention program, the Scheme’s primary goal is to increase affordability and accessibility to quality healthcare services, especially among the poor and most vulnerable populations.

Since its inception, there has been an exponential improvement in the health-seeking behavior of the population, as more people are seeking medical attention early and avoiding unnecessary deterioration in their medical conditions.

Benefit Package Expansion

The Scheme’s inclusive Benefit Package which keeps expanding covers 95 percent of disease conditions recorded in Ghana.

The most recent inclusions have been the four main childhood cancers, family planning, and a specialist anti-breast cancer treatment drug called Herceptin.

New financial reforms including prompt payments of Claims to healthcare providers in recent times have increased the public’s confidence in the Scheme.

The NHIS is governed by the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), headquartered in Accra, and has sixteen (16) administrative regional offices, 175 district offices and four (4) Claims Processing Centres (CPC) and has contracts with over four thousand (4,000) credentialled public, private, and faith-based healthcare service providers.

In collaboration with the National Identification Authority (NIA) and as part of the government’s digital drive, the NHIA seeks to adopt the use of the Ghana Card by NHIS members to access healthcare.

It is therefore imperative for holders of NHIS and Ghana cards to do the merger by simply dialing the short code *929# or doing so on the MyNHIS App.

The NHIS is the vehicle and road on which Ghana’s Universal Health Coverage (UHC) drives. The current NHIA Governing Board and Executive Management have amply demonstrated that they are committed to the agenda.

By  Abdul Karim Naatogmah 

Nana Ama Saara II donates medical equipment to Kayireku CHPS

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NAABENYIN JOOJO AMISSAH
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The equipment being presented on behalf of Nana Ama Saara II (3rd right)

Nana Ama Saara II, a resident of Kayireku in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa district in the Central Region has donated medical equipment to the Kayireku Community Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound to help improve the delivery of quality health care in the area.

The items were; 2 stethoscopes, 1 delivery bed, 1 dustbin, 1 weighing scale, 5 fold screens, 2 chargeable lamps and a veronica bucket.

Last year, a youth group presented some items to the same CHPS compound as part of their efforts to complement government’s determination to advance health care in the town.

During the presentation, the authorities at the facility lamented on how the lack of some basic equipment at the facility was impeding their work and, therefore, appealed for more support from the community.

In response to the appeal, Nana Ama Saara, who was touched by the concerns raised by the managers of the facility, made a promise to support them with some of the items they needed.

Redeem pledge

With support from Abusuapanyin Timothy Afreh, Opanyin Peter Sobeng and Opanyin Kwame Manu, Nana Saara redeemed her promise to the facility with the aforementioned items.

Presenting the items, Nana Saara II indicated that quality health care delivery was a shared responsibility, hence her decision to support the facility with the items.

She further gave an assurance that her doors were always open and, therefore, urged managers of the facility not to hesitate to call on her anytime they need any form of assistance.

Receiving the items, the District Health Information Officer, Mr Isaac Toffey, noted that the items delivered by Nana Saara and her family were some of the items needed to improve the effectiveness of the compound.

On behalf of their Director, Mr Samuel KwabenaOfosu, he expressed appreciation to Nana Saara and her family for the donation and promised that the items would be put to good use.

The CHPS Compound Community Chairman of Twifo Kayireku, Mr Daniel OpokuAnokye praised Nana Saara and her elders for their backing and called on others to also come to the support of the facility

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