Monrovia- President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. has dismissed each the Director Basic and Deputy Director Basic of the Nationwide Public Well being Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), amid ongoing efforts to reform authorities establishments and enhance service supply.
By Willie N. Tokpah
The choice, based on the Government Mansion, is a transfer signalling renewed scrutiny over public well being management.
These relieved of their posts are Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan, Director Basic, and Dr. Adams Okay. Lincoln, Deputy Director Basic.
The Government Mansion, in a press release issued Wednesday, cited “administrative causes” for the dismissal however gave no additional particulars.
The President has appointed Dr. Sia Wata Camanor as Interim Director Basic, Officer-in-Cost of NPHIL, pending the recruitment of a everlasting substitute.
Dr. Camanor has been tasked with coordinating the Institute’s operations in shut collaboration with the NPHIL Board, the Ministry of Well being, and worldwide and native companions to make sure continuity and institutional stability.
“The President’s determination is constant along with his dedication to fostering efficient management, accountability, and institutional effectivity throughout all sectors of presidency,” mentioned Atty. Kula Bonah Nyei Fofana, Presidential Press Secretary, within the launch.
Although no misconduct was formally acknowledged, sources throughout the public well being sector say tensions have simmered in current months over the course and inner administration of NPHIL, an important company tasked with epidemic response, illness surveillance, and biomedical analysis.
The abrupt change in management comes at a time when Liberia’s public well being infrastructure stays underneath stress from post-COVID well being system restoration efforts, renewed illness surveillance issues, and the necessity to rebuild public confidence in government-run well being companies.
In a separate growth, President Boakai has additionally made a number of new appointments within the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Inner Affairs, as a part of his governance overhaul.
On the Ministry of Justice, President Boakai appointed Atty. Teklo Maxwell Grigsby, II, as Director, Witness Safety Unit, Varney Ali Sheriff, Deputy Director, Witness Safety Unit and Dr. Stephen D. Paye, Probation and Parole Administrator.
On the sametime, President Boakai additionally appoint Amos T. F. Kemeyah as County Relieving Commissioner, Lofa County, on the Ministry of Inner Affairs.
The appointments underscore the Boakai administration’s persevering with push to place skilled professionals in roles central to justice supply, inner safety, and community-level governance, the Government Mansion averred.
With Liberia’s governance and reform agenda underneath growing public scrutiny, President Boakai’s newest strikes might sign a readiness to make tough administrative selections in pursuit of institutional effectivity and integrity, even in politically delicate companies.
Because the well being sector absorbs the impression of the NPHIL management shake-up, stakeholders shall be watching intently for coverage course, operational stability, and the end result of the pending recruitment course of for a brand new Director Basic.
