Ken Attafuah Leaves NIA Job
The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah has proceeded on retirement after the extension of his contract twice by the President.
His exit was announced by the Authority in a Facebook post on November 13, 2024.
“The Management and entire Staff of NIA thank you and wish you well in the next phase of your life. You are undoubtedly the Best Many to have led the NIA these past seven years.”
It also hailed his diligence, integrity, transparency, extraordinary eloquence and dedication to the Authority.
His exit follows demands by the NIA Division of the Public Services Workers Union, Trades Union Congress (TUC) Ghana for his removal on July 1, 2024.
A part of the petition to President Akufo-Addo read, “The staff and union’s decision to petition your high office for the removal of Professor Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah is grounded on unfair labour practices contrary to the labour laws and Human Resource Manual and Policy Framework for Ghana Public Services, violations of SSNIT law, poor corporate governance structure, selective and administrative injustice in the recruitment, placement and promotion of staff, and lack of innovative ideas to manage the administration of the authority.”
“His staff have absolutely lost trust in his administration and can no longer work with him in confidence. These, coupled with infractions in the labour laws and SSNIT Acts, are enough justifications for his immediate removal from office without further delays.”
Prof Attafuah was appointed to the role in 2017. He was given a two-year contract to continue his role when he was due for retirement in 2019.
In 2021, the President extended his appointment by an additional two years.
Profile
A former Commissioner for Human Rights in British Columbia, Canada, Prof. Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah is a Barrister-at-Law and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana.
He served as Ag. Dean of the Faculty of Law at the Central University College, Accra, where he doubled as the Founding Director of the William Ofori-Atta Institute of Integrity, a Governance and Leadership training school.
Prof. Ken Attafuah is a Criminologist, Mediator, Management Consultant and a Human Rights advocate of international distinction and repute.
He was also the Managing Solicitor of Ken Attafuah Law Place, an Accra-based private law firm specialising in the provision of timely and effective solutions to legal problems.
Among other key appointments, were Executive Secretary of the National Reconciliation Commission, Management Consultant to the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), UN’s International Technical Advisor to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Liberia, Associate Professor of Governance and Leadership at GIMPA, Director of Anti-Corruption for Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Chief Investigator and Director of Operation of CHRAJ and Crime Prevention Policy Advisor/Analyst of Royal Canadian Mounted Police, West Vancouver Detachment, Canada.
Source: opemsup.com/Hajara Fuseini
