The confirmation of the appointment is however subject to receipt of the required advice of the Local Government Service Council
Felicia Dapaah, the newly appointed acting Chief Director for the Office of the Head of the Local Government Service (OHLGS)
President Akufo-Addo has appointed Felicia Dapaah as the acting Chief Director for the Office of the Head of the Local Government Service (OHLGS).
Her appointment according to the letter of the President to her, dated 22 November 2022, takes effect from 16 December 2022, and is in line with article 195 (1) of the Constitution and Section 66 (1) of the Local Governance Act, 2016 (Act 936).
The confirmation of the appointment is however subject to receipt of the required advice of the Local Government Service Council (LGSC).
*_Work experience_*
Felicia Dapaah until her latest appointment, was the Chief Director and Regional Coordinating Director at the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council, a position she has held since August 2020.
She has also worked in several capacities in the local service structure. They include; Adentan Municipal Assembly as the Municipal Coordinating Director from September 2017 to January 2020.
From April 2013, to August 2017, Madam Dapaah, worked at the Ga West Municipal Assembly as the Municipal Coordinating Director and from May 2010 to March 2013, she served as the Director and District Coordinating Director at the Bosomtwe District Assembly.
Between January 2005 and August 2010, she was the Deputy Director of the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council and Assistant Director 1, in the same space from January 2002 to December 2004.
Educational achievements
Felicia Dapaah holds MPA, Commonwealth Executive Masters in Public Administration, from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana. She obtained this in 2010.
She also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Administration, which she earned from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Accra, Ghana in 2002.
Additionally, she holds B.A. Social Sciences, from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana which she obtained in 1989.
“An Evaluation of Performance Management Practices of the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council”, and “Enhancing the Capability of the Regional Coordinating Council in Ensuring the Efficient and Judicious Utilization of the District Assemblies’ Common Fund: A case study of the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council”, are two publications Madam Felicia Dapaah, has written and published.