President Nana Akufo-Addo has terminated the appointment of the Director-general of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa.
He is to go back to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) from where he was seconded to the GES, an official communication from the Office of the President said.
“The Ministry of Education has informed this Office that the exigencies that required your skills and expertise as Director-General of the Ghana Education Service do not exist any longer,” the letter dated 17 October 2022 said.
“Moreover, the extension of your secondment by the 14th June, 2021 letter is in contravention of the Human Resource Policy Framework and Manual of the Public Services Commission, as it purports to extend your secondment beyond the three-year maximum limit,” the letter signed by the Secretary to the President, Nana Bediatuo Asante, added.
Prof Opoku-Amankwa was first appointed as GES boss in April 2017 on secondment from the KNUST.
Below is the letter from the Office of the President:
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