{"id":1173345,"date":"2022-08-10T20:02:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T20:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/10\/president-akufo-addo-appoints-kofi-agyepong-as-ceo-of-the-yea\/"},"modified":"2022-08-10T20:02:34","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T20:02:34","slug":"president-akufo-addo-appoints-kofi-agyepong-as-ceo-of-the-yea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/10\/president-akufo-addo-appoints-kofi-agyepong-as-ceo-of-the-yea\/","title":{"rendered":"President Akufo-Addo appoints Kofi Agyepong as CEO of the YEA."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2f703e7c387a47b79b9585e637ea0257\"\/><\/p>\n<p>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed the Deputy Director of Communications at Jubilee House as the Youth Employment Agency&#8217;s acting CEO (YEA).<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kofi Agyepong&#8217;s appointment follows the resignation of former CEO Justin Frimpong Kodua, who is now the General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party.<\/p>\n<p>According to a letter from the presidency, Mr. Agyepong&#8217;s appointment will take effect on Wednesday, August 10, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In the appointment letter, &#8220;The President has appointed you to act as the chief executive officer of the Agency, pending receipt of the constitutionally required advice of the Agency&#8217;s governing board, given in consultation with the Public Services Commission,&#8221; said Nana Bediatuo Asante, Secretary to the President.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/57126d1bbc3c47b580d04ed092efeb53\"\/><\/p>\n<h4>A Profile of Kofi Agyepong<\/h4>\n<p>Kofi Agyepong, a well-known Ghanaian media personality, is a political communication consultant and an NPP stalwart.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2000 and 2002, he attended Kumasi High School, where he earned his senior high school diploma.<\/p>\n<p>He was accepted to Leicester University in the United Kingdom, where he earned a Master of Arts degree in media and public relations in 2019. Agyepong attended the Africa University College of Communications from 2008 to 2010, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication studies in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Agyepong was a prolific writer for the Graphic Sports newspaper in Ghana and the Guardian in the United Kingdom as a qualified, university-trained journalist. He is a member of the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA), the world&#8217;s largest professional public relations .<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: @NanaKwame (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"see-more\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\nAgency<br \/>\nAkufo-Addo<br \/>\nKofi Agyepong<br \/>\nNew Patriotic Party<br \/>\nPublic Services Commission<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed the Deputy Director of Communications at Jubilee House as the Youth Employment Agency&#8217;s acting CEO (YEA). Mr. Kofi Agyepong&#8217;s appointment follows the resignation of former CEO Justin Frimpong Kodua, who is now the General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party. 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