PURC Executive Secretary Samuel Sarpong sacked
Mr Samuel Sarpong |
The Executive Secretary of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission
(PURC), Mr Samuel Sarpong, has been sacked amidst pressure from staff
of the commission.
A letter signed by the secretary to the President Nana Asante
Bediatuo named his replacement as Mami Dufie Ofori, a Director at the
commission.
Mr Samuel Sarpong has the next 24 hours to clear his desk.
"Please ensure that you hand over and cease to act as the Executive
Secretary of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission no later than
close of business on Friday, 13th October, 2017," the termination letter
stated.
The embattled Executive Secretary is a subject of a Bureau of
National Investigations (BNI) investigation after the staff petitioned
the Presidency over mismanagement and cronyism under his leadership.
In one of the cases of financial irregularities, Joy News reported
that ¢450,000 of the Commission's money was transferred into his
personal account to fund a PURC event.
The stand-off between the staff and the Executive Secretary has played out in the media since February 2017.
Sit-down strikes were organised by the local union to force the hand of government against Samuel Sarpong.
The departure of Samuel Sarpong who has been Executive Secretary
since December 2012 loomed after his close ally and Director of Public
Relations and External Affairs Nana Yaa Janutah resigned last May after
some 13 years at the Commission.
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