President John Agyekum Kufuor in consultation with the Council of State has appointed Mr Boniface Gambila Adagbila as the new Director of the National Service Scheme with immediate effect.

A statement from the Office of the President on Wednesday said Mr Adagbila was born on June 9, 1959 and hails from Namdam in the Bolgatanga District of the Upper East Region.

He holds a Post Graduate Advanced Diploma in Human Resource Development, Training and Development from the University of Manchester and a B.A (Hons) in Psychology/Political Science from the University of Ghana. He served as a senior Assistant Director, National Service Scheme in charge of Training and Development from 1986-94.

From 1994-97 he worked on the World Bank funded project on Water and Sanitation at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. He is also a member of the Institute of Personnel and Development. Currently, he is the Principal Trainer, Management and Administration at the Volta River Authority, the statement said.