The Upper East Regional director of Health services Dr. Kofi Issah has called for investigations into the circumstances that led to the disappearance of five administrative vehicles for the Regional Health Directorate from the transport fleet.
According to Dr. Issah, when he took over from his predecessor Dr. Koku Awonoor Williams and took stock of assets, five vehicle; two pick-ups, one saloon car, one V8 and a Mitsubishi pajaro could not be accounted for.
Dr. Issah made this known to Citi News at the 2016 half year performance review in Bolgatanga on the theme: “Harnessing human resources for effective service delivery focusing on neonatal health and sub-district health systems.”
Dr. Issah said missing vehicles impact directly on service delivery and called on the relevant authorities to take urgent steps to retrieve the vehicles.
“I did a stock taking and realized that five vehicles were not in the transport fleet and so definitely I have to take administrative measures. One of them was to seek advice from the Director General of the Ghana Health service, so I am still waiting for his advice, I have also informed the regional minister Albert Abongo on the matter. And so am waiting their next direction and if nothing is been done, then definitely the guidelines and policies of this country are there and so we will then know what next step to take.”
Dr. Issah said the situation has compelled him to use the vehicle of his deputy director of clinicals, adding that, the missing vehicles could have been used for health delivery supervision in the Bawku west, Builsa North and Builsa South districts.
“So now I am using my deputy director of clinicals’ car and have gone for a rapid response project car for him. so if there is a repayment response programme he has to release that car, so if he is traveling and his vehicle is not there, then I have to give out my vehicle but I am not worried, all I want is accountability,” Dr. Issah noted.
He impressed on the relevant offices to emboss physical assets of the directorate to improve the management of assets of the service to avert future problems.
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By: Frederick Awuni/citifmonline.com/Ghana