President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Dr. John Koku Awoonor-Williams and Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings as members of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Governing Board.
Also on the board is the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Prof. Samuel Kaba Akoriyea. He represents the GHS on the board.
Dr. Awoonor-Williams, a former Upper East regional director of health and currently the technical advisor to the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, represents the Ministry of Health on the board.
Dr. Agyeman-Rawlings, Member of Parliament (MP) for Korle Klottey, joins the board as a health professional with expertise in health insurance.
Chaired by Lawrence Nii Okantey Adjetey, the board also has the following individuals as members: Dr. Alhassan Iddrisu, a representative of the Ministry of Finance; Francisca Atuluk, from the Ministry of Social Welfare; Dr. Abiba Zakariah, representing the National Insurance Commission; Dr. Bernardette Naa Hoffman, from the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT); and Dr. Sadat Bawa, a representative of the medical and dental profession.
The rest are:
- Dr. David Tetteh, a representative of the pharmacy profession;
- Mohammed Adamu Ramadan, MP for Adenta and a representative of the accountancy/finance profession;
- Dr. Divine Ndonbi Banyubala, a legal practitioner with experience in health insurance;
- Â Ms. Anne Sansa Daly, a professional with experience in health insurance (her appointment was later revoked and she was replaced with Prof. Dr. (Med) Ernest Yorke);
- Dr. Ken Kwaku Tweneboah Koduah, from Organised Labour;
- Dr. Victor Asare Bampoe, NHIA’s Chief Executive Officer;
- Pious Kwame Nkuah, MP for Sefwi Akontombra and a representive of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS);
- Daniella Mavis Abena Mathias, an NHIS representative.
They (excluding Dr. Daly) were sworn in on Tuesday, 27 May 2025, by the Minister of Health, in Accra.
Source: Edward Adeti/Media Without Borders/mwbonline.org/Ghana
