Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), has been fired by President Akufo-Addo.
His dismissal was announced in a letter from the Presidency dated Monday, October 17, which was signed by Nana Bediatuo Asante, the Secretary to the President.
The aforementioned letter states that the GES is no longer in need of his expertise.
“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 explained.
“The President thanks you for your service to the nation and wishes you the very best in your future endeavours”, the letter added.
By way of a secondment from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Prof. Opoku-Amankwa was appointed in January 2021.
In June 2021, his contract was once more extended.
However, according to his dismissal letter, the extension was in “contravention of the Human Resource Policy Framework and manual of the Public Services Commission as it purports to extend your secondment beyond the 3-year maximum limit.”
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