Breaking News: Akufo-Addo orders NLA boss to proceed on retirement; fires deputy
Mr. Kofi Osei Ameyaw
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President Akufo-Addo has ordered the embattled Director-General of the National Lottery Authority, Mr. Kofi Osei Ameyaw to proceed on retirement.
This was contained in a letter from the Office of the President dated Wednesday, March 10, 2021.
But Mr. Osei Ameyaw’s Deputy, Yaw Amoakohene Baafi has been relieved of his post.
The letter to Mr. Ameyaw reads: “ Upon reaching the compulsory retirement age of sixty years on 20th February 2020, the President of the Republic, by a letter under my hand dated September 3, 2020, granted you a one-year contract of service as Director-General of the National Lottery Authority. The one-year contract lapsed on 20th February 2021, and therefore you are retired on that date”.