President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Dr. Nii Moi Thompson as Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), pending consultations with the Council of State.
Mr. Nii Moi previously served as the Director-General of the Commission, overseeing the preparation of the country’s 40-Year Development Plan.
His appointment was confirmed in a statement dated Monday, February 3, 2025, and signed by the spokesperson to President, Felix Kwakye Ofosu.
The statement said, Mr. Nii Moi, will collaborate more closely with the Minister for Finance, the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, the Government Statistician, and other presidential appointees and representatives from the sixteen regions to provide strategic advice to the President and Parliament for Ghana’s development.
Between 2014 and 2015, Dr. Thompson led Ghana’s technical delegations to the United Nation (UN) to develop the SDGs and subsequently guided their integration into Ghana’s national development agenda.
President John Dramani Mahama has also appointed Albert Kwadwo Twum Boafo as the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) while awaiting the reconstitution of the Board.
As a Civil Engineer, Finance expert, and former Chief Executive of the Ghana Free Zones Authority between 2009 and 2017, he holds a BEng in Materials Engineering from the University of Wales, an MSc in Civil Engineering from the Rensselar Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York and an MBA in Finance and Investment Analysis from Stetson University, Deland, Florida, USA.
Below is the full statement
