Prof Attafuah to stay on for 2 more years as NIA boss

The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Professor Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah has been given a two-year contract after he attained the compulsory retirement age of 60 on Saturday.

This followed approval by President Nana Akufo-Addo on the recommendation of the Authority’s board that Prof Attafuah should be made to stay on for two more years.

In a memo signed by the head of administration and human resources, W.K. Baffoe-Mensah, Prof Attafuah’s contract takes effect from Monday, November 11, 2019, to November 10, 2021,

President Akufo-Addo first appointed the criminologist to the NIA executive position on January 27, 2017.

He was the first Executive Secretary of the NIA under President John Agyekum Kufuor’s administration. Read Full Story