Health agencies sign contract with ministry
The Ministry of Health and its agencies have signed performance contracts which would serve as the basis for assessing their performance.
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By their respective contracts, the agencies have committed themselves to achieving specific targets.
The contract would also guide them in the implementation of their goals to feed into the national health sector goals.
Nineteen heads of the health sector agencies, including the Ghana Health Services, the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), the Food and Drugs Board, signed the agreement in Accra last Wednesday.
The performance contract is a new concept adopted at all levels of government and its agencies to promote transparency, accountability and good governance.
The Minister of Health, Ms Sherry Ayittey, said the contract would be assessed on a number of deliverables including programmes, projects and management of the agencies.
Highlighting management, she called on the agencies to check the bloated payroll, adopt measures to avoid wastage and improve productivity of the health workforce.
She stated that the health sector played a sensitive role in the socio-economic development of the country and could, therefore, not be neglected.
For that reason, she said the sector received the chunk of the government’s budget, which should be accounted for.
She added that agencies which would be able to achieve their target would be rewarded.
The Chief Executive Officer of the NHIA, Mr Sylvester Mensah, in his remarks, said the performance contract should be reviewed regularly to help them to achieve the needed results.
By Salomey Appiah/Daily Graphic/Ghana