Sammy Awuku
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in consultation with the Council of State, has appointed a nine-member Board of Directors for the Youth Employment Agency (YEA).
The Board is to be chaired by Sammi Awuku, a youth icon and currently the National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Among the membership of the Agency is the veteran politician and founder of Ghana’s School Feeding Programme, Dr Kwame Amoako Tuffour.
The Acting Chief Executive Officer of the YEA, Lawyer Justin Kodua Frimpong, represents management on the Board.
Others are Lawyer Bright Wireko Brobbey, Deputy Minister for Employment and Labour Relations; Emmanuel Sin Nyet Asigri, Acting CEO of the National Youth Authority (NYA) and a forensic auditor, James Quarshie.