General News of Wednesday, 28 June 2017Source: Starrfmonline.comNHIA is heavily indebted – Sylvester MensahThe Scheme is said to owe service providers an amount of GHc1.2 billionThe former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Sylvester Mensah has confirmed claims by the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) that the Authority is ludicrously indebted contrary to stern denials by the former government led by John Dramani Mahama. In May 2017, the CEO of the Authority, Dr. Samuel Annor, disclosed that the Scheme was broke and unable to pay service providers. Confirming the claims of the CEO in response to a direct question on whether the Authority is heavily indebted and collapsing, Mr. Mensah who headed the Authority for six years answered in the affirmative. He said he will not hesitate to contribute his quota to ensuring the scheme is back and running efficiently. Ghana must succeed and it must experience continues progress,” Mr. Mensah said.

Source: GhanaWeb June 28, 2017 21:22 UTC