Okyenhene Appoints New Chief of Staff

Nana Twumasi Ankrah

Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin has appointed Nana Twumasi Ankrah as Chief of Staff to replace Barima Yentumi Abodea, who resigned his post.

The new Chief of Staff, Nana Twumasi Ankrah, known in private life as Isaac Kofi Amoah, began running the affairs of the Okyeman Traditional Council in the Eastern Region on October 1, 2018.

Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin disclosed this at the 19th session of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council Meeting held on October 12, 2018 at Ofori Panin Fie, Kyebi.

He revealed that the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Daniel Ofori-Atta, had also been appointed as State Secretary of the Traditional Area to replace E.O Baah who also resigned.

Nana Twumasi Ankrah had his secondary school education at Mfantsipim School, Cape Coast.

He holds a Bachelor Degree in Psychology from the University of Ghana, Legon, and MSc in Business Systems Analysis & Design from the City University, London, UK.

He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Practitioner.

Nana Twumasi Ankrah has worked for 20 years in various reputable organizations such as First Data Resources (FDR) (USA and UK), American Express (UK).

Upon his return to Ghana in 2005, he worked as the Executive Secretary to the Okyeman Environmental Foundation (OEF) for three years and successfully executed a World Bank-funded conservation project.

Over the past 10 years, Nana Twumasi Ankrah worked at the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS), a subsidiary of Bank of Ghana (BoG).

Nana Twumasi Ankrah successfully supervised the implementation of the migration from magnetic stripe cards to (EMV) chip and pin cards and the upgrade of the clearing house systems in all banks nationwide.

Nana Twumasi Ankrah also served as executive member and President of the Akyem Abuakwa Susubiribi Association (UK and Ireland) from 2000 to 2002.

He was installed as Kyidomhene of Osino in the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area in 2001.

From Daniel Bampoe, Kyebi

 

 

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