The management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) has suspended the Ashanti Regional Director, Mr. Alex Opoku Mensah with immediate effect.
The announcement of the suspension was made on Wednesday at an emergency meeting the management of the Scheme held with Mr. Alex Opoku Mensah.
A statement issued on Thursday by Ambrose Entsiwah Jar. Ag. Director, Corporate Affairs on behalf of the management of NSS said the management decision is to allow further investigation into the alleged verbal assault on a nurse on duty at the Manhyia Government Hospital in Kumasi.
Meanwhile, a committee comprising representatives from the National Service Scheme, the Public Services Commission, and the Ministry of Education, has been set up to investigate the matter and to submit its report to the NSS management within one month.
Mr. Opoku Mensah is thus expected to appear before the Committee on Monday, December 5, 2022.
The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives’ Association on Tuesday called for the dismissal of the Ashanti regional director of the NSS.
Meanwhile, Mr Opoku-Mensah has since rendered an unqualified apology saying he “understands the disappointment, and appreciates the inconvenience his action has caused the general public, as well as the nursing fraternity and the Manhyia Hospital.”
