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Prof. Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi
Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi has been appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as chairman of the board of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), Asaase radio reported.
Former administration minister of education JA Kufuor succeeds Professor Douglas Boateng, who served as chairman of the board from January 2017 to January 2021.
Professor Ameyaw-Akumfi will work with Frank Mante, interim CEO of PPA and the management team to ensure that the state undertakes procurement transactions in strict accordance with the provisions of the PPA Act as amended.
Asaase radio further reported that the combined leadership of the PPA will also make proposals for the formulation of public procurement policies, ensure policy implementation and human resource development for public procurement, develop rules, instructions, other regulatory documents on public procurement and formats for public procurement. procurement documentation, as well as monitoring and supervising public procurement and ensuring compliance with legal requirements.
“Other functions of the PPA that the board of directors headed by Ameyaw-Akumfi should lead are the establishment and implementation of a public procurement information system; ensure the publication, at the end of each month, of a public procurement bulletin which will contain information relating to public procurement, including proposals for tender notices and information on the award of contracts Adds the report.
PPA serves as an advisor to government, including metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies, on matters relating to public procurement.
The Council will therefore be required to play this role to ensure that all procurement by government and state agencies is carried out within the limits of state procurement laws.
Profile of Professor Ameyaw-Akumfi
Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi was born on August 21, 1945 in Techiman in the Brong Ahafo region.
He attended Adisadel College in Cape-Coast for his GCE O ‘and A’ levels before entering the University of Ghana in 1965 to earn a Hons B.Sc. in Zoology in 1969.
He pursued his master’s degree in zoology at the same university and completed the course in one year in 1970.
He left the coasts of Ghana for the United States, specifically the University of Michigan in 1972, where he spent four years studying to earn a master’s degree in zoology and a doctorate. in zoology.
He coordinated the introduction of the semester and unit course system at the University of Cape Coast as well as the production of academic programs for Winneba University College of Education in the Central Region.
He chaired various committees at the University and acted as vice-chancellor in the absence of the incumbent vice-chancellor during his tenure as pro-vice-chancellor.
An important activity he undertook in relation to higher education when he served as Chairman of the Staff Review Committee in Polytechnics, was to present a main paper on decentralization to the University. during a seminar for university administration under the auspices of higher education. Project.
Professor Ameyaw-Akumfi has won several awards, including the following; University of Ghana Fellow, 1969-1970; AFGRAD Fellow, University of Michigan 1972-1977; Principal Investigator, Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship at the University College of North Wales Bengor 1984-1985 and Fulbright Scholar-Marine Research Laboratory Bodega Bay University of California.
Until his appointment as Minister of Education in the Kufuor government, he was the Managing Director of the Ghana Education Service. He was Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Cape Coast and Policy Advisor to the Department of Education.
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