Portuphy takes over at NADMO (Back Page)

THE FORMER National Co-ordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), Mr Kofi Portuphy, has taken over the administration of the organisation with immediate effect.
He took over from the acting Co-ordinator, a retired Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), Mr Douglas Akrofi-Asiedu.
This follows directives in a letter dated January 9, 2009 and signed by the President’s representative in charge of the Ministry of the Interior, Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni.
Mr Portuphy was the co-ordinator of NADMO, until he went on leave in 2001 and has since been out of office.
The move, according to the letter, is part of the transitional arrangement as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) prepares itself to fully take charge of the affairs of the nation.
Enquiries made at the NADMO Head Office by the Daily Graphic yesterday indicated that Mr Akrofi-Asiedu had since packed from his office.
Mr Purtophy was also said to have assumed duty at the organisation, but was not at post at the time of the visit.
Speaking in a radio interview in Accra yesterday, Mr Akrofi-Asiedu said he received his letter on his return from hospital and immediately complied with its contents.
The outgoing acting National Co-ordinator took over from Mr George Isaac Amoo in the heat of the floods that hit the northern part of the country in 2007.
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) is the constitutionally mandated government agency that co-ordinates the management of disasters and other emergencies.
NADMO, with its headquarters in Accra, has offices in all the 10 regions and 138 districts.
The work of the organisation comprises activities in all the three phases of disaster management cycle, that is before, during and after emergencies.