Dr. Okoe-Boye, the Chief Executive of the National Health Insurance Authority and a former Deputy Minister of Health, has issued a warning against the politicking of national concerns in the nation.
He emphasised that many outstanding ideas and projects have been undermined because of politics and that politicising matters does not help the economy.
He alluded to an incident where his fellow Member of Parliament on the Minority side joined his colleagues to kick against President Nana Addo’s request for MMDCEs to be appointed via elections, and explained his reason being that they support the policy will help the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to be retained in power.
“As a country, we have to be real to ourselves. If you want your environment to develop, stop this [faddy] partisan politics when it comes to critical matters,” Dr. Okoe-Boye said on Peace FM’s “Kokrokoo” programme.
He advised the MPs and government officials as well as all politicians to let national interest override their political allegiances.