PROF. NICHOLAS AWORTWI [Member/ Director, ILGS]

Ph. D. (The Hague) MA (The Hague), B. Sc. (KNUST)

Prof. Nicholas Awortwi has been the Director of the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS) since June 2019. He is a professional development planner and an expert in governance and public policy with over 20 years of experience in social protection, decentralization and local governance, public policy and development management, and public-private partnerships. Prior to his appointment as Director of the ILGS, Prof. Awortwi was the Director of the African Governance Institute based in The Hague as well as Director of Research at the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR), based in Nairobi, Kenya. He has also worked as Senior Lecturer in Development Management at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University, The Netherlands and a visiting lecturer at various universities including the F.H.R Lim A Po School of Public Administration & Governance, Paramaribo in Suriname.

He holds a PhD Cum Laude (with Distinction) in Development Studies from the Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University in the Netherlands and in August 2021, he was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. He is a member of the Ghana Institute of Planners and has been one of the leading authors in decentralization and local governance, and social protection issues and provided expert analysis and advice to various international organisations working in Africa such as the UNDP, UNCDF, World Bank, Commonwealth Secretariat, and the Netherlands Development Cooperation. He has more than 40 peer-review publications in internationally refereed journals and books. 

CHIEF ABDUL-MUMUNI EWUNTOMAH

DR. ANDARATU ACHULIWOR

PROF. SAMUEL ANIEGYE NTEWUSU

MR. SAMUEL SETH PASSAH [Member]

MSc (Rotterdam), BA (Ghana),

Mr. Samuel Seth Passah is a member of the 6^th Council of the ILGS, representing the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development (MLGDRD), where he works as the Director of Local Governance and Decentralisation. He is a distinguished public servant with previous working experience as Director of Policy, Planning, Budgeting, Monitoring and Evaluation (PPBME) Directorate of the Ministry of Regional Reorganization and Development at the Office of the President, which provided leadership for the creation of six (6) new regions in Ghana.

Mr. Passah is an urban planner and holds a Master’s degree in Urban Management and Development from the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, with specialisation in housing and land management. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in Geography and Resource Development from the University of Ghana. He has made presentations at various national and international platforms and events as well as designed and implemented a number of policy reforms to ensure appropriate uptake either through programmes, legislation, or administrative actions.

DR. AUDREY SMOCK AMOAH [Member]

MR. SHERIFF JERRY AMARH [Member]

ING. (MRS.) MABEL AMOAKO-ATTA [Member]

MSc. (Ox. Brooks, UK), BSc. (KNUST)

Ing. (Mrs.) Mabel Mabel Amoako-Atta is a member of the 6^th Council of the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS), representing the Public Services Commission (PSC), where she serves as the Ag. Secretary of the Commission. She is a seasoned public servant with over thirty years’ experience. Prior to her appointment as Ag. Secretary of the Commission, she was the Director of Management and Technical Services at the Office of the Head of the Local Government Service (OHLGS). Ing. Amoako-Atta also had working experiences with the Department of Feeder Roads (DFR), where she rose through the ranks to become a Principal Engineer of Planning.  

Ing. Amoako-Atta holds a Master of Science (MSc.) Degree in Environmental Assessment and Management from the Oxford Brookes University in the United Kingdom.  She also obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc.) Degree in Civil Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). She is a member of the Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE) and has served as a member of various international and local committees, including the Decentralisation Working Group, the Drivers and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) and the legal Service Board.

PROF. LORD MENSAH [Member]

DR. EDINAM KAKRA AVOKE (Mrs.) [Member]

David Osei-Wusu

(LL. B., MBA, PGC, B.A., CIHRM)

David Osei-Wusu has worked with the Institute of Local Government Studies (ILGS), Accra, in the last 23 years serving in various capacities, the last ten years, in his current role as Registrar. He studied at the University of Ghana, Accra, where he obtained a Bachelor's degree with a major in Economics in 1999. His second degree was earned with distinction in 2003, having pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme, with specialisation in Finance and Accounting at the Maastricht School of Management (MSM), The Netherlands. In 2009, Mr. Osei-Wusu obtained a Post Graduate Certificate Course in Organisational Culture and Management from the same institution, MSM. He also holds a Post-Graduate Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) Law School, Accra.

Mr. Osei-Wusu has over 15 years’ work experience as a corporate governance and institutional management practitioner. He has worked in various capacities in the last 23 years for the ILGS and performed very important roles in the expansion and successes of the Institute as well as the local government sector. He has depth and contextual knowledge and experience in social development, corporate governance, local economic development; participatory planning and budgeting; and fiscal decentralisation. He has also performed extensive teaching and consultancy assignments as well as facilitated experience learning sessions in social development, performance management, strategy development, behaviour change communication as well as environmental health and sanitation. His recent publications have been in the area of local economic development, financial resource base of local governments and fiscal decentralisation as well as performance assessment tools for local authorities in Ghana.