I’ve not been dismissed — Mrs Sagoe

Page 3: Daily Graphic, January 19, 2009.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE Director of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation at the Ministry of Transport, Mrs Mabel Sagoe, has denied media reports that she has been dismissed by the government.
“I have not been dismissed. I am still at post doing my work,” she told the Daily Graphic on Saturday.
Mrs Sagoe, who was acting as the Chief Executive Officer of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), after the substantive Chief Executive, Mr Joe Osei-Wusu, resigned, explained that she was asked to act until a substantive chief executive was appointed.
She said she was, therefore, acting until Mr Justice Amegashie was asked by the government to take over to oversee the running of the place as part of the transitional arrangement.
“All that I have to do is to continue with my work as the director of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation. Nobody has fired me from my work,” she said.
Meanwhile, sources close to the security sub-committee of the transition team explained to the Daily Graphic that because of the sensitive nature of the DVLA, it was considered prudent to appoint an experienced person to oversee that institution.
The sources said no one could dispute the fact that the DVLA was sensitive to security issues and the decision to appoint Mr Amegashie was, therefore, prudent.
That, they explained, was because of Mr Amegashie’s vast experience in that sector.
Mr Amegashie was the head of the authority during the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration until the Kufuor Administration re-assigned him to the ministry.