President Mahama appoints caretaker NSS boss

Presidential Staffer Michael Kpessa Whyte has been reassigned acting head of the beleaguered National Service Scheme (NSS) pending the appointment of a substantive director by President John Mahama. Kpessa White, a former lecturer of the University of Ghana is expected to guide the operations of the scheme during the period of the ongoing investigations into the rot that was recently uncovered there. He will be expected to implement presidential directives among others, aimed at restoring the objectives of the scheme. An investigation by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) into the activities of the NSS revealed that 22,000 non-existent service personnel in more than 100 districts across the country in July had each been paid an allowance of 350 cedis a month amounting to 7.9 million Ghana cedis. The discovery led to the suspension of the Executive Director of the Scheme, Alhaji Alhassan Imoro, and other officials, whom among others, enticed the BNI officers with bribes. The suspended NSS officials are currently under further investigations.

Source:Starrfmonline.com