Stan Dogbe has taken over our job - ISD workers call for boss' sack

Workers of the Information Service Department (ISD) have petitioned President John Dramani Mahama to remove their acting director, Mr Francis Kwarteng Arthur.

In a petition issued by concerned staff of the ISD and addressed to the Head of Civil Service, the workers said Mr Arthur’s style of administration since his appointment has been “autocratic” and that he had shown “gross disrespect” to both management and other staff members.

According to the workers, ISD had no hand in the production of the 59th Independence anniversary brochure and it was, therefore, surprising that the acting director accepted responsibility on behalf of the department.

They said ISD's staff had over the years handled national events with competence to the pride of all and explained that if the department had been involved in the process of the production of the brochure, it would have served the government and the people of Ghana very well.

The petition which was signed on behalf of the concerned staff by Mr Yaw D. Mensah said the letter head used by the acting director for the press release was fraudulent because that was not the official letter head of ISD.

They added that, “…since Stan Dogbe assumed his current position as a presidential staffer at the Office of the President, the work of ISD in relation to the national event has stalled. The core mandate has since been handled by Mr Dogbe ever since.”