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By Christabel Addo, RNG
Accra, July 18, GNA – The Madina District
The Court sentenced Francis Awine Anaafo, a 33-year-old registered nurse
trainee to 22 months imprisonment for using false documents to impersonate and
perform a national service at the Goaso Municipal Hospital
Anaafo was previously removed from the
College of Nursing and Midwifery Training in Sekondi in Western Region
He was accused of defrauding by fake
pretense and impersonation with the help of the fake document to represent oneself
qualified nurse at the hospital and was sentenced after the trial.
Mr. Anaafo pleaded not guilty to
charges.
According to the February 21 charge,
2019, the medical superintendent of the Goaso Municipal Hospital wrote to
informs the Council of Nurses and Midwives (NMC) that Mr Anaafo, who was then
using the name Simon Yaw Woli was underperforming so it should be
investigation.
The Prosecution told Mr. Felix Nyante,
Clerk of the NMC upon receipt of the letter convened by Mr. Anaafo at the
Headquarters of the Council, where he was compelled to submit his certificate of
registration, results bulletin and national service diary.
The prosecution said during the screening of
documents, the Board found that Mr. Anaafo had fraudulently used the name of Mr.
Simon Yaw Woli, who is a qualified nurse practitioner, to obtain a
from the police station of the ministries according to which his
the certificate, the report card and the logbook were missing.
The Prosecution told Mr. Anaafo
fraudulently acquired a duplicate copy of Mr. Woli's recorded general act
Nurse (RGN) with the excerpt and presented it to national badistance
Secretariat of the service register for the national service 2018, then was posted
at the Goaso Municipal Hospital to begin service in September of the same year.
The CNG explained in a statement that
The officials of the Intelligence and Discipline Department of the CNS, in the
during their investigations, contacted the real Simon Yaw Woli who had his
the original RGN certificate and the results are in his possession.
He stated that further research had revealed that Mr.
Woli and Mr Anaafo open NMC Training College in Sekondi in August
In 2013, but in 2015, the accused was demoted and then dismissed from the police station
school for non-performance.
He stated that this led to the arrest of Mr. Anaafo
and after investigations, he was indicted and brought to justice
GNA
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