The former Management of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) has dismissed allegations of illegality regarding human resource (HR) decisions taken during its tenure.
In a press statement issued on Tuesday, February 25, the former CEO Kofi Ofosu Nkansah clarified that all actions taken were necessary to address staffing gaps and ensure the smooth execution of World Bank programmes. "Nothing illegal was done at NEIP.
When I took over, there were HR gaps we had to fill to qualify us for our World Bank Programmes, for example, because there wasn't even a Procurement Unit," the statement read.
The statement further justified the employment of temporary staff, arguing that it was impractical to run numerous projects with only five permanent employees seconded by the Presidency, whose tenure was tied to that of the President. "I couldn't have run all the numerous projects with only five permanent staff from the Presidency whose tenure ends on 6th January with the President's.
