{"id":6817,"date":"2024-07-06T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=6817"},"modified":"2024-07-06T11:07:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T11:07:27","slug":"nia-board-rejects-petition-to-remove-prof-attafuah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=6817","title":{"rendered":"NIA Board rejects petition to remove Prof Attafuah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Governing Board of the National Identification Authority (NIA) has rejected the petition by the Public Services Workers Union, Trades Union Congress (TUC), demanding the removal of Executive Secretary Professor Kenneth Attafuah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On July 1, nearly a thousand NIA staff members sent a petition to the President to demand the removal of the Executive Secretary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The petition alleged that Professor Attafuah engaged in practices contrary to the labor laws and Human Resource Manual and Policy Framework for Ghana Public Services, violations of SSNIT law, poor corporate governance structure, and selective and administrative injustice in recruitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, in a statement on July 5, the Governing Board said the workers&#8217; complaint was not a true representation of the Executive Secretary&#8217;s dedication to the job. As such, the statement stressed that the petition was unwarranted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-75d40b07f6befcd56e3fce427f1eb6d8 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VsL0h0Zf33E?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Governing Board wishes to express its complete confidence in the Executive Secretary\u2019s 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,\u201d portions of the release read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statement also questioned why the staff had failed to use the appropriate channels to air their grievances and chose to directly petition the President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs 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\u2019 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 \u201cillegal and completely out of line,\u201d the release added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Governing Board of the National Identification Authority (NIA) has rejected the petition by the Public Services Workers Union, Trades Union Congress (TUC), demanding the removal of Executive Secretary Professor Kenneth Attafuah. On July 1, nearly a thousand NIA staff members sent a petition to the President to demand the removal of the Executive Secretary. 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