Akufo-Addo Appoints Felicia Dapaah As Local Government Services Chief Director

Felicia Dapaah, a former chief director and regional coordinator for the Greater Accra Regional Co-ordinating Council, has been nominated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to serve as the office’s acting chief director (OHLGS).

In accordance with Article 195 (1) of the Constitution and Section 66 (1) of the Local Governance Act 2016, her appointment will take effect on December 16, 2022. (Act 936).

However, confirmation of the appointment is contingent upon receiving the necessary advice from the Local Government Service Council, according to a letter from the president to her dated November 22, 2022.

Felicia Dapaah served as the Greater Accra Regional Co-ordinating Council’s chief director and regional co-ordinating director since August 2020, prior to her most recent appointment.

She has also held a variety of positions within the local government service system. Adentan Municipal Assembly, which will serve as the Municipal Co-ordinating Director from September 2017 to January 2020, is one of them.

Ms. Dapaah worked as the municipal co-ordinating director at the Ga West Municipal Assembly from April 2013 to August 2017, and she was the director and district co-ordinating director of the Bosomtwe District Assembly from May 2010 to March 2013.

Between January 2005 and August 2010 she was the Deputy Director of the Ashanti Regional Co-ordinating Council, and served as assistant director 1 in the same space from January 2002 to December 2004.

Felicia Dapaah holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration (MPA) as well as a Commonwealth Executive Master’s in Public Administration from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana. She obtained this in 2010.

She also holds a postgraduate diploma in public administration from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) in Accra, Ghana, in 2002.

In addition, she holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in social sciences from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana which she obtained in 1989.

She has some publication to her credit including an Evaluation of Performance Management Practices of the Ashanti Regional Co-ordinating Council and Enhancing the Capability of the Regional Co-ordinating Council in Ensuring the Efficient and Judicious Utilization of the District Assemblies Common Fund: A Case Study of the Ashanti Regional Co-ordinating Council.