{"id":76787,"date":"2014-12-23T15:56:34","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T15:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=76787"},"modified":"2014-12-23T18:41:04","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T18:41:04","slug":"stop-appointing-politicians-to-head-national-institutions-lecturer-to-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/stop-appointing-politicians-to-head-national-institutions-lecturer-to-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop appointing politicians to head national institutions &#8211; Lecturer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Pro-Vice chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor John Gyapong has charged government to stop appointing politicians to head sensitive national institutions like the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/portuphy-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76037\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/portuphy-2.jpg\" alt=\"portuphy 2\" width=\"495\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/portuphy-2.jpg 495w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/portuphy-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 100vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Citing the Chairman of the governing National Democratic Congress(NDC) Kofi Portuphy and his Vice Chairperson, Anita Desoso who are coordinators of NADMO as examples, the Pro-Vice Chancellor said the appointment of these politicians instead of experts does not augur well for Ghana&#8217;s development.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/anita-desoso.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76002\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/anita-desoso.jpg\" alt=\"anita desoso\" width=\"768\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/anita-desoso.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/anita-desoso-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;daHksfJuaQ6Z1ELF1OCubESnBgRR1zpW&#8221;]Speaking at the launch of a book on Environmental Health and Disaster Risk within the Korle Lagoon Complex in Accra John Gyapong said \u201cuntil we[Ghanaians] bring these issues and raise them above partisan politics, we will continue to wallow in the environment that we are wallowing in now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The National Coordinator of NADMO, Kofi Portuphy, \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/12\/21\/portuphy-resoundingly-beats-kwabena-adjei-to-become-ndc-chair\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>unseated the former National Chairman<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>of the governing\u00a0NDC, Dr. Kwabena Adjei.<\/p>\n<p>He won the position by\u00a02,457 votes, representing about 75% of the total votes cast, compared to the 316 by the incumbent Dr. Kwabena Adjei.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/12\/21\/betty-mould-five-others-elected-ndc-vice-chair\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\">Anita Desoso was also elected<\/span> <\/a><\/strong>as Vice Chairperson of the party during last Saturday&#8217;s congress.<\/p>\n<p>She was elected along with six others by delegates of the NDC in Kumasi.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Pro-Vice chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor John Gyapong has charged government to stop appointing politicians to head sensitive national institutions like the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO). 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