{"id":278252,"date":"2016-12-20T14:50:08","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T14:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=278252"},"modified":"2016-12-20T14:50:08","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T14:50:08","slug":"mahama-swears-in-joseph-whittal-as-new-chraj-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/mahama-swears-in-joseph-whittal-as-new-chraj-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama swears in Joseph Whittal as new CHRAJ boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President John Mahama has sworn in Mr Joseph Whittal as the new Commissioner for the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ).<\/p>\n<p>This comes barely two weeks ahead of President Mahama officially handing over of power to the newly-elected New Patriotic Party government.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-278291\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Mahama-CHRAJ-NCCE-appointment-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"mahama-chraj-ncce-appointment-1\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Commission has been without a substantive Commission for almost a year, following the removal of the previous commissioner, Laurette Lamptey over allegations of corruption.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-278290\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Mahama-CHRAJ-NCCE-appointment-8-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"mahama-chraj-ncce-appointment-8\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Whittal was until his appointment, the Deputy Commissioner at CHRAJ.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-278289\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Mahama-CHRAJ-NCCE-appointment-7-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"mahama-chraj-ncce-appointment-7\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He had occupied the position since 2012.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-278288\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Mahama-CHRAJ-NCCE-appointment-6-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"mahama-chraj-ncce-appointment-6\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Citi News<\/strong> sources say Mr Whittal was officially sworn-in at the Flagstaff House on Tuesday to serve in his new capacity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-278287\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Mahama-CHRAJ-NCCE-appointment-5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"mahama-chraj-ncce-appointment-5\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, President Mahama has also sworn into office a new director for the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The new director, Mrs. Josephine Nkrumah\u00a0had been the deputy Commissioner at the NCCE for almost two years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Jonas Nyabor\/citimonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jnyabor\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @jnyabor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President John Mahama has sworn in Mr Joseph Whittal as the new Commissioner for the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ). 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