Parliament approves Dr. Okoe Boye as deputy Health Minister

Parliament on Friday, April 17, approved the nomination of MP for Ledzokuku, Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye, as Deputy Minister for Health.

GSB sources have it that, the president appointed him to specifically go and deal with the coronavirus with his vast expertise from medical practice to public health.

First Deputy Speaker, Joe Osei Owusu, earlier submitted to the House a report of the Appointments Committee of Parliament requesting his approval, which the plenary approved.

Members of Parliament on both the majority and minority sides backed the approval.

“He is going to the Health Ministry at a defining moment in history…. The entire nation is looking forward to the young doctor helping the nation find a solution… We can only wish Dr. Okoe-Boye well,” MP for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, said as he contributed to discussions on the floor ahead of approval.

“There is an impression that Dr. Okoe–Boye is a COVID–19 Minister. It is not so. He is being nominated as a Deputy Minister for Health. We shouldn’t be fixated with the whole issue of COVID–19….I want that impression corrected,” MP for Abuakwa South, Samuel Atta Akyea, told the House.

Congratulations Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye