LONDON – FrontPageAfrica has reliably learned that Mr. Bill Twehway, the recently-appointed Managing Director of the National Port Authority is set to dismiss the comptroller Mr. Franklin W. Sarkoh for what authorities say is the lack of compliance and disregard for orders from the new port MD.
Efforts to reach Mr. Twehway has been unsuccessful but multiple sources confirmed to FrontPageAfrica Sunday that Mr. Sarkoh is still taking orders from the former Acting Managing Director Celia Cuffy-Brown and neglecting instructions from the new MD. “It is basically a non-compliance issue in the middle of an audit at the port,” one source speaking on condition of anonymity Sunday told FPA.
Madam Cuffy-Brown, Deputy Managing Director/Administration at the NPA, worked in an acting capacity for several months until the recent appointment of Mr. Twehway.
Mr. Sarkoh, it can be recalled was brought on by the former Acting Managing Director Madam Celia Cuffy Brown when she took over the authority in March, in a series of rapid moves which drew criticisms and put the NPA under the spotlight and immense public scrutiny.
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