Minority Leader Accuses President Of Vandalizing The Law To Appoint State Enterprises CEOs

Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrissu, has accused President Akufo-Addo of violating the constitution by appointing Chief Executive Officers for state enterprises.

Hon. Iddrissu who is also the MP for Tamale South says that the Public Services Commission (PSC) which is the lawfully constituted institution responsible for recruiting such personnel has been usurped.

Consequently, he points the due processes of appointment, which ought to start with vacancy advertisements in the media have been ignored.

“Show me the last time you saw an advert of a high public office in the Ghanaian dailies. Chief Executive, Executive Director positions were hitherto advertised openly, and the Public Services Commission was thoroughly engaged to fill in those vacancies,” Iddrissu fired.

“Under the four years of Nana Addo-Dankwa, all those positions have been filled from the office of the President, not through competitive advertisements inviting competent, qualified Ghanaians to fill in those positions,” he said in an interview with Accra based Joy FM on Monday.

Per the constitution, the PSC is supposed to supervise and regulate the “entrance and promotion examinations, recruitment, appointment into or promotions within the Public Services and the establishment of guidelines on the terms and conditions of employment in the public services.”

 “This is disappointing. We have all times demanded openness and transparency into the recruitment process, and it is being reduced to another laughable venture,” Haruna Iddrissu said.