Tachie is new Clerk of Parliament

The Parliamentary Service Board has approved the appointment of Mr Kenneth Enos Kofi Tachie as the Clerk of Parliament. His appointment took effect from January 1, 2002.

Mr Tachie, 55, has been acting as the Clerk of the House since the retirement of the former Clerk, Mr Rex Owusu-Ansah, on November 4, last year. He will, however, go through a one-year probation period, after which, if he proves equal to the task, he will be confirmed.

The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Peter Ala Adjetey, made this known before the last adjournment of the House last year. Mr Ala Adjetey said Mr Tachie’s appointment follows a successful interview and recommendation made by the panel, which included the Director-General of GIMPA and a representative of the Public Services Commission.

Mr Tachie, who is a product of Achimota School and the University of Ghana, served as the Clerk-at-the-Table of the National Assembly from 1969 to 1972. Between February and May, 1971, he trained in Parliamentary Procedures, Rules and Practice in the British Houses of Parliament.

He undertook an Internship in Administration and Management at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation in Rome from November 1977 to September 1978.

Mr Tachie obtained a Certificate of Achievement for successfully completing a professional placement in the field of Public Administration and Legislative Management. He also trained at the National Conference of State Legislature at Denver, Colorado, United States.

He has attended a number of international conferences, including the World Food Council meeting in New York, 1983; FAO Regional Conference for Africa in Mauritius and Morocco in 1988 1990; Session of FAO Council, Rome 1991 and 1992; Union of African Parliaments in Tunisia, Cape Verde, Burkina Faso, Libya and Angola.

Others are the Afro-Arab Parliamentary Conference, Parliamentary Seminar on Relations Between Minority and Majority Parties in African Parliaments, and Conference of Commonwealth Speakers and Presiding Officers.