New appointments for government institutions

President Kufuor has in consultation with the Council of State, appointed Mr Yaw Manu-Sarpong a Banker as the Chairman of the reconstituted 10-member Governing Board of Revenue Agencies in the country.

A statement issued from the Office of the President on Thursday named other members as the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Commissioner of the Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS), Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Commissioner of the Value Added Tax (VAT).

The rest are Ms Gloria Ofori Buadu, Executive Secretary of FIDA, Mrs Victoria Dompreh an Educationist, Mr S. K. Tsahey, a Lawyer and an Accountant, Mr Paul Osei Kwabena an Accountant and Mr Harry Owusu, Acting Executive Secretary of the Private Enterprises Foundation (PEF).

The reconstituted 14-member Governing Board of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) is under the Chairmanship of Mr J. Sackah Addo, a former Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BOG) with Dr Charles Mensah and Mrs Rose Karikari Annang both representatives of the Ghana Employers Association (GEA) as members.

Others are, Mr Kwasi Amankwaa, Secretary-General of the TUC and Mr Napoleon Kpoh General-Secretary of the ICU as representatives of the TUC, Alhaji Yakubu Ziblim, National Chairman of the Civil Servants Association (CSA) and Mr W. Kusi-Atansah representing the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Mr Emmanuel Asiedu-Mante, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BOG) as its representative and Mr Asafo Adjaye a Banker.

The rest are Dr A. A. Osei, representative of the Ministry of Finance, Mrs Bridgette Jubilee Katsriku, Executive Secretary of the Ghana AIDS Committee, Ms Faustina Mensah, an Industrialist, Dr Edward Prempeh, a legal practitioner and Managing Director of M&J Travels and the Director-General of SSNIT.

Mr Charles Kofi Gyimah of the Exim Guaranty Company is the new Managing Director of the National Investment Bank (NIB) with Mr Owusu Tweneboah of the Banking College as the Deputy.

The NIB now has Mr Charles Danyagari Jebuni, a Research Fellow of the Centre for Policy Analysis as the Chairman of the 10-member reconstituted Board of Directors.

Others are Nii Adu Darku Mante, Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle, Dr Opoku Agyeman, a medical practitioner, Dr C. D. Ayomi, an Economist at the Ministry of Finance, Dr N. A. Armah, an Economist at the Institute of Economic Affairs (ECA) and Mr J. Kwame Ampadu, a private businessman.

The rest are Ms Serwaa Oppong, a businesswoman, Dr Anthony Mensah, an agro processing expert, Mr Charles Kofi Gyimah, the Managing Director and Mr Owusu Tweneboah, Deputy Managing Director.

Also, Mr Samuel Welbeck has been appointed the new Managing Director of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) with Mr Boakye Agyeman and Mr Yaw Atuahene as his deputies.

The Eight-member reconstituted Board of Directors of the bank has Mr Paul Koranteng, former Manager of the Ghana Commercial Bank as Chairman, Mr Amadu Montia of the Bank of Ghana (BOG) and Mr J. A. Yamoah of the Ministry of Finance as members.

Others are Alhaji Abukari Alidu, a businessman, Mr Franklin Donkor, Director of Extension Services of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Mr Welbeck, Mr Agyeman and Mr Atuahene