MP asks Ghanaians to join NHIS

Page 16, April 2, 2008
Story: Emmanuel Adu-Gyamerah
THE Member of Parliament (MP) for Berekum, Captain (retd) Nkrabeah Effah-Dartey, has appealed to Ghanaians who have not yet registered for the National Health Insurance Scheme to do so.
He said the increasing cost of health delivery made it necessary for everybody to be part of the scheme to enjoy benefits it offered.
Capt Effah-Dartey was speaking at a four-day convention of the Church of Pentecost at Berekum in the Brong Ahafo Region.
He stated that the scheme had come as a relief for the poor in the country and called for intensive education to enable it to attract more people to make it successful.
Capt Effah-Dartey commended the Church of Pentecost for the role it was playing in the country’s socio-economic development and urged other religious bodies to emulate such gesture.
The Deputy Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, Nana Kwadwo Kwakye, in a speech urged Christians to live lives that portrayed their faith as Christians.
He said the government appreciated the good work of churches in the form of prayers, schools and clinics and appealed to them to continue to collaborate with the government to ensure the rapid development of the country.
In a sermon, the Area Head of the Church of Pentecost, Apostle Amegatcher, appealed to the chiefs of the area to release lands to the church to enable it to embark on afforestation projects.
He called on politicians to conduct their campaigns in a peaceful manner by avoiding provocative language to make the forthcoming elections incident-free.
Meanwhile, the Jaman South District Chief Executive, Mr Apraku Tanoh, has cautioned the youth in the area to protect themselves against HIV/AIDS.
At a fund-raising activity at Kofiko, near Drobo, in aid of the construction of a clinic, the DCE asked the youth to avoid negative peer pressure that led them indulge in indiscriminate sex.
He commended the people for their effort to take their own lives into their hands and assured them that the assembly would assist communities with such commitments.
The Assembly Member for Kofiko, Mr Alexander Ferkah, said the community believed that the government alone could not provide all the development needs of the town.
He, therefore, called on non-governmental organisations and individuals to come to the aid of the town to enable it to complete the project it had embarked on.