The Minister Nominee for Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu has disclosed plans of launching a full scale audit into circumstances that led to the alleged payment of huge sums of money as Christmas bonuses to some staff at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
The Chief Executive Officer of the hospital, Dr. Gilbert Buckle is said to have received GH¢ 21,000 while other members of the board took home, GH¢17,000. Each staff member reportedly also received GH¢100 as motivation.
The monies were allegedly paid as a Christmas bonus without approval from the board.
But the Former Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman said he will call for the full facts as the first step towards unravelling the supposed financial malfeasance.
"I will call for a brief report on the matter to see what is actually happening there and then after my swearing in, if Parliament adopts a report that will confirm my appointment by the President then I will sit down and ask for some serious auditing to be done.Corporate governance would not allow management or the Chief Executive to take anything without the Board’s approval,” Mr. Agyeman Manu said.
Meanwhile Dr. Buckle has denied allegations that the hospital spent over GH¢100,000 on Christmas bonuses alone for its management and staff.
According to him, the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital “doesn’t pay bonuses and has never paid bonuses”.
Source: Today/Citifm
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I m very disappointed in this guy. dr gilbert Buckle. He is very vindictive and has no good plans for KBTH. During his reign, Korlebu teaching hospital has so many court cases. He is simply a bad leader. He interdicted a head of department( laboratory) and later released him of his post for nothing. He sacked someone (pharmacist) when there was an injuction on an interdiction case in court. Dr Gilbert Buckle should be interdicted immediately and investigated asap. He has not demonstrated good leadership qualities. you dont share monies without the approval of your board. The CEO, Dr Gilbert Buckle knows he is going to be fired because he has a lot of issues (court cases, payment of unapproved allowances, procurement issues and incompetence). Authorities should act swiftly before its too late. I rest my case.
The CEO, Dr Gilbert Buckle should be sacked. what has he done for korlebu teaching hospital? apart from paying himself huge extral mural allowances. the health minister should investigate him thoroughly.If the release from his boaard chairman is anything to go by then, he is an incompetent leader who is not fit for the job. He knows he is going to be fired because he has a lot of issues (unapproved allowances, procurement issues and incompetence) and he is a known NDC member. Authorities should act swiftly. I rest my case.
hmmm very disturbing
The CEO of KBTH Dr. Gilbert Buckle and the 8 management members should be interdicted immediately for the matter to be investigated fully. How can only 9 management members take 153,000 GH cedis as exra mural allowance. what kind of etra mural did they do? How muuch was paid to those who generated these monies? Who approved for these payment to be made? what creteria was used to determine the nine beneficiaries? was there fairness and equity? was there good judgement? did these 9 demonstrate good leadership qualities?. Remnants of the previous administration are deliberately wreaking havoc with intent to sabotage the new administration and make it unpopular. The government should be swift and start the clean up now. We cant allow unpatriotic citizens to undermine our efforts. The CEO, Dr Gilbert Buckle knows he is going to be fired because he has a lot of issues (unapproved allowances,procurement and incompetence) and he is a known NDC member. Authorities should act swiftly before the ndc begins to lie to the folks there that its a new NPP policy. I rest my case.
The CEO of KBTH Dr. Gilbert Buckle and the 8 management members should be interdicted immediately for the matter to be investigated fully. How can only 9 management members take 153,000 GH cedis as exra mural allowance. what kind of etra mural did they do? How muuch was paid to those who generated these moneies? Who approved for these payment to be made? what creteria was used to determine the nine beneficiaries? was there fairness and equity? was there good judgement? did these 9 demonstrated good leadership qualities? leadership is about service. these nine did not show good leadership.
The CEO of KBTH Dr. Gilbert Buckle and the 8 management members should be interdicted immediately for the matter to be investigated fully. How can only 9 management members take 153,000 GH cedis as exra mural allowance. what kind of etra mural did they do? How muuch was paid to those who generated these moneies? Who approved for these payment to be made? what creteria was used to determine the nine beneficiaries? wwas there fairness and eqquity? was there good judgement? dis these 9 demonstrated good leadership qualities?