Kenneth
Agyeman
Attafuah
is
the
Executive
Secretary
of
NIA
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The
Governing
Board
of
the
National
Identification
Authority
(NIA)
has
rejected
the
petition
by
the
Public
Services
Workers
Union
of
the
NIA
which
demanded
the
removal
of
Executive
Secretary
Professor
Kenneth
Attafuah.
In
a
letter
dated
July
1
to
the
Office
of
the
President,
staff
of
the
NIA
said
the
petition
has
been
necessitated
by
persistent
unfair
labour
practices
within
the
organisation
among
other
issues.
But
the
governing
board
has
dismissed
the
petition
reiterating
their
support
for
Prof.
Ken
Attafuah
to
continue
in
his
role.
In
a
statement
released
on
July
6,
the
NIA’s
Governing
board
described
the
petition
as
“baseless”
and
“unwarranted”
expressing
its
confidence
in
Prof.
Ken
Attafuah’s
competence.
“The
Governing
Board
wishes
to
express
its
complete
confidence
in
the
Executive
Secretary’s
integrity,
competence,
experience
and
resourcefulness
in
the
performance
of
his
duties,
including
the
advancement
of
the
interests
of
NIA
workers
and
roundly
describes
the
petition
as
baseless
and
unwarranted.”
Staff
of
National
Identification
Authority
petition
presidency
for
removal
of
their
boss
The
NIA
Governing
Board
criticised
the
NIA
Division
of
the
Public
Service
Workers’
Union
for
requesting
President
Akufo-Addo
to
remove
the
Executive
Secretary
without
first
following
all
internal
procedures.
The
Board
believes
the
action
taken
by
the
workers
is
premature
and
inappropriate
as
the
union
should
have
addressed
any
issues
through
internal
channels
before
turning
to
external
intervention.
“As
stated
by
the
National
Labour
Commission
(NLC)
at
a
hearing
on
Wednesday,
3rd
July
2024
into
ongoing
negotiations
between
Fair
Wages
and
Salaries
Commission
(MSC)
and
the
Industrial
and
Commercial
Workers’
Union
(ICU),
the
NIA
Division
of
the
PSWU
(NIA
PSWU)
has
no
right
to
petition
His
Excellency
the
President
to
remove
the
Executive
Secretary
without
exhausting
internal
procedures;
the
NLC
declared
the
conduct
of
the
NIA
PSWU
as
both
“illegal
and
completely
out
of
line,”
the
release
added.
Meanwhile,
the
Board
appealed
to
the
staff
to
exercise
a
bit
more
faith
in
the
leadership,
as
it
was
committed
to
ensuring
that
their
concerns
were
addressed
appropriately.
Read
full
statement
by
the
NIA
board
here.