The Deputy Minister in charge of Tertiary Education, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has announced government\u2019s intention to appoint an interim Executive Director for the National Service Scheme (NSS) this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore close of week, you will hear an announcement for an interim manager. It is most preferred that we get somebody from the outside to take over in the clean-up process, … and to stop the unjustifiable hemorrhage.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe decision has not yet been made, consultations are ongoing, various names are being considered and at this point I can\u2019t give you any name,\u201d Mr Okudzeto said in an interview on\u00a0Peace FM<\/em>\u00a0Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n According to him, this was to help with investigations into alleged financial malfeasance and the clean-up exercise that was currently underway at the NSS.<\/p>\n There have been concerns about the propriety of the decision of the governing board to take over the management of the Secretariat following an order for\u00a0management to step aside<\/a>\u00a0for investigations on a Gh\u00a27.9 million rot at the secretariat to continue.<\/p>\n Last week the Executive Director of the NSS, Alhaji Alhassan Imoro and five of his directors were ordered to step aside.<\/p>\n This followed investigations by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) that uncovered the rot.<\/p>\n The amount represents the allowance paid to 22,612 non-existent service persons in more than 100 districts across the country in July 2014.<\/p>\n