President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Wisdom Kwaku Deku as the Acting Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA) eight years after his dismissal under the previous government.
A letter dated, January 16, 2025, signed by Callistus Mahama, Secretary to the President asked Deku to take over from Prof. Kenneth Attafuah who retired in November last year.
Pending the constitutionally required advice of the NIA
Council in consultation with the Public Services Commission, his role is to take effect immediately.
In a Facebook post, Deku wrote, “I am extremely grateful to President John Dramani Mahama for this recognition to serve as the Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA). It can ONLY be God.
Resetting NIA to Build the Ghana We All Want Together.”