GHANA has appointed Helga Boadi, a banker as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Enterprise Support (YES) fund, following the dismissal of Kojo Adu Asare.
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mahama Ayariga who confirmed Mr Adu Asare dismissal on Monday, September 29, 2014 did not explain why the former Member of Parliament for Adentan was replaced within two months of his appointment as YES boss.
Mr. Ayariga, without giving any further details said: “Miss Helga Boadi is the new head of YES. All I can tell you is that Miss Helga Boadi is in charge of YES now”.
Some Ghanaians attributed Mr. Adu Asare’s removal to his role as head of the Committee that supervised Ghana’s poor performance at the Brazil 2014 World Cup tournament last June.
A couple of weeks ago, President of Policy Think Tank IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe called on Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama to sack Mr. Adu Asare for his involvement in the poor management of the Black Stars World Cup campaign in Brazil.
“If the gentleman who …had a simple objective of attracting corporate funds and using it for something else will be the same gentleman that will go and sit clearly on this YES fund, I think it borders on issues of integrity. I will advise him to resign from the YES thing immediately,” said Franklin Cudjoe in an interview on Citi FM.
Until her appointment, Helga Boadi was Corporate Affairs manager at First Atlantic Bank. She is a former Country Manager at Fasyl Technology Ghana Limited. She holds a Master’s Degree in Project Management from the University of Salford, Manchester, UK.
The YES fund is a Government of Ghana programme initiated by President John Dramani Mahama with a GH¢10 million seed fund to assist young Ghanaians with creative and innovative business ideas and plans to become entrepreneurs.
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