Bernard Okoe Boye

Bernard Okoe-Boye is a Ghanaian medical doctor. He is also a politician and was a member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Ledzokuku Constituency in the Greater Accra Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. He was once the board chairman of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, the nation's largest medical facility. He was also the chief executive officer of the National Health InsuranceAuthority(NHIA) mandated to run the affairs of Ghana's pro-poor health insurance policy, the National Health Insurance Scheme (Ghana). On 14 February 2024, he was nominated for consideration by Parliament as Minister of Health.

He advocated for the removal of some tax handles on dialysis consumables to lessen the “enormous burden” associated with renal treatment in March 2024.

Early life and education He comes from Teshie which falls under the Ledzokuku Constituency where he served as member of Parliament. He attended the Field Engineers Junior High School for his Basic Education Certificate. Okoe-Boye is an old student of the Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School ( Presec-Legon) where he completed his secondary school education in the year 2000. Bernard Okoe Boye is a licensed medical practitioner. He holds BSC in Human Biology, Medicine and Surgery from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. ) and an A1 certificate in German from the Geothe Institute, Accra.

Career

Health sector Okoe-Boye had his house job at the Ghana Health Service from 2009 to 2012 He however lost the Ledzokuku parliamentary seat in the 2020 Ghanaian general election to Benjamin Narteh Ayiku of the NDC. On 21 April 2022, he was appointed the CEO of the National Health Insurance Agency overseeing the National Health Insurance Scheme

Committees 1.Government Assurance Committee

2.Health Committee