Akufo-Addo Sacks Tema West MCE; Nominates Ghana’s First Female Aircraft Marshaller As Successor

President Akufo-Addo has revoked Madam Anna Naa Adukwei Addo’s appointment as the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the Tema West Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra region.

 

 

Concurrently, President Akufo-Addo has nominated Felicia Edem Attipoe as the successor to the recently vacated position.

The appointment of Madam Felicia, Ghana’s first female aircraft marshaller, was announced in a letter dated Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

The decision was bolstered by constitutional and legislative provisions in the letter, which was signed by Minister-Designate for the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralization, and Rural Development, Martin Kwaku Adjei-Mensah Korsah.

Based on Article 243 (1) of the Constitution and Section 20 (1) of the Local Governance Act 2016 (Act 936), the action is being taken, as stated in the correspondence.

It is anticipated that Felicia Edem Attipoe will assume the leadership role and steer the affairs of the Tema West Municipal Assembly pending the completion of formalities to confirm her as the Municipal Chief Executive.

 

 

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Felicia Edem Attipoe is a Ghanaian female aircraft marshaller and the first woman in Ghana to hold this position. She is also known for having produced Key Soap Concert Party, a Ghanaian comedy show from the mid-1990s and early 2000s.

 

 

She was hired to work as a secretary at the Ghana Civil Aviation in 1999. After Ghana Civil Aviation was decoupled, she joined the Ghana Airports Company Limited and worked as a secretary for ten years. In 2011, she was transferred to the Ramp Manager’s office as a secretary.

Upon realizing there was very little she could do as a secretary and developing an interest in marshalling while watching men marshall the aircraft to the bay, she requested the director of the airport operations to let her work in that field.

When the opportunity to be trained as a marshall arose, she applied and eventually was hired into the position

In 2019, She won the Most Inspiring Woman in Aviation Industry, at the Maiden Ghana Most Inspiring Women’s Award.

 

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