President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Henry Nana Boakye, a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) communications team, as the Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS).

A letter signed by the president and issued on Monday, February 6 stated: “Pursuant to section 16(1) of the Ghana National Service Scheme Act,1980 (Act 426), I hereby appoint you to act as the Deputy Executive Director of the Scheme, pending receipt of the constitutionally required advice of the National Service Board, given in consultation with the Public Services Commission.”

Nana Boakye, popularly known as Nana B, was a Tertiary Students’ Confederacy (TESCON) president at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) .