The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Sulemana Braimah, has welcomed the reassignment of the Acting Director-General of the National Service Authority (NSA), Felix Gyamfi, describing it as a necessary step for reform.
Speaking on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News on Monday, September 8, Mr. Braimah said he was unsurprised by Gyamfi’s removal, pointing to troubling developments at the Authority.
“I think that it is not surprising given the kinds of developments that were happening,” he stated.
“Any leader who wanted to see proper reforms happening at the NSS would have been tempted to make the same decision, so I am not surprised.”
Mr. Gyamfi, who assumed office in January 2025, was suddenly reassigned to the Ministry of Finance on September 8 — less than seven months into his tenure. The timing has raised concerns within the public sector, particularly as it comes just ahead of the next batch of national service postings.
Disagreement Over Digital Platform
Reports indicate that the reassignment followed tensions between Mr. Gyamfi and the Minister of Youth Development, George Opare Addo, regarding the fate of the NSA’s digital deployment platform.
The platform recently came under scrutiny after an audit exposed widespread abuse, including the presence of “ghost names” on the payroll, leading to significant financial losses.
Mr. Braimah criticised Mr. Gyamfi’s insistence on maintaining and upgrading the disputed system despite clear evidence of its flaws.
“I couldn’t understand why there was that attempt by the outgoing Acting Director-General to defend that particular digital platform, which certainly was part of the problem that we had revealed in terms of the monies that had been lost,” he said.
“He was determined to defend it — and to me, it was untenable.”
The reassignment leaves the National Service Authority without a substantive head at a critical time, deepening calls for urgent reforms to restore integrity and efficiency to the national service scheme.
