Former legislator Kojo Adu Asare has been sacked as the Chief Executive Officer of the Youth Enterprise Support (YES) Fund in what appears to be a punishment for his involvement in Ghana’s shambolic World Cup campaign.
The YES fund is a Government of Ghana programme initiated by President John Dramani Mahama with a ten million Ghana cedis (GH¢10,000,000) seed fund to assist young Ghanaians with creative and innovative business ideas and plans to become entrepreneurs.
Mr Adu Asare was appointed barely two months ago to head the Secretariat of YES after President John Mahama launched the initiative in August.
Minister for Youth and Sports, Mahama Ayariga disclosed on the Joy FM's Super Morning Show, Monday, September 29, 2014 that the former Member of Parliament for Adentan has been replaced by Helga Boadi, a banking professional.
It is unclear if Mr. Adu Asare’s removal has anything to do with his role as head of the Committee that supervised Ghana’s poor performance at the Brazil 2014 World Cup tournament last June.
The former MP was Protocol and Supporters Welfare Committee member of Ghana's World Cup campaign in Brazil and wept when he appeared before the Justice Senyo Dzamefe commission.