Parliament approves Dr Okoe-Boye as Deputy Minister of Health
Parliament has approved the nomination of Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye as a Deputy Minister of Health.
Dr Okoe-Boye's approval followed the recommendation of the Appointments Committee of the House for his nomination to be approved by consensus.
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The Chairman of the Appointments Committee and First Deputy Speaker, Joe Osei Owusu, read the report of the committee on the floor of Parliament today, Friday.
He was nominated as a Deputy Minister of Health-designate on April 6, 2020, by President Akufo-Addo.
Dr Okoe-Boye replaces the MP for Gomoa West, Mr Alexander Kodwo Kom Abban who has been reassigned to the Ministry of Communications.
Profile of Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye
Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye is the Board Chairman of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. He is a Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku Constituency in the Greater Accra Region.
Dr Oko-Boye is a licensed medical practitioner who holds BSC in Human Biology, Medicine and Surgery from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
He also holds a Masters Degree in Public Health (MPH) from Hamburg School of Applied Science and an A1 certificate in German from the Geothe Institute, Accra.
Dr Oko-Boye had his house job at the Ghana Health Service from 2009 to 2012. He then continued as a Medical Officer in the same Institution for four years.
Currently, he is a Physician at Lekma Hospital, a government health facility located at Teshie.