On Monday, March 4, 2024, a drama broke out at the National Social Security and Welfare Corporation (NASSCORP) when a senior management team informed a presidential nominee that the organisation still has an official serving a tenure.
Cllr. Molfie Kanneh, the newly appointed NASSCORP Officer-in-Charge, went to meet with the entity’s senior management and delivered his appointment letter from the Executive Mansion.
President Joseph Nyumah Boakai recently appointed Molfie to NASSCORP, while the present Director General, Mr. Dewitt vonBalmoos, has around three years till his term expires.
Cllr. Molfie began their meeting by greeting the NASSCORP senior management team, introducing himself, and presenting a letter from the President.
After receiving his letter, the head of the NASSCORP senior management team informed the nominee that Mr. vonBalmoos had assured her that he was still in command of NASSCORP as Director General.
According to her, Mr. vonBalmoos instructed her that Cllr. Kanneh needed to contact the Executive Mansion.
She informed Cllr. Kanneh that Mr. vonBalmoos stated that the Executive Mansion had notified him that he (vonBalmoos) was still the head of NASSCORP.
Furthermore, the head of the senior management team revealed that vonBalmoos had informed her that as the head of NASSCORP, he had not gotten any formal notification from the Executive Mansion, and there was nothing on the Mansion’s website about this development.
She therefore asked Cllr. Kanneh to hear from the Executive Mansion so that they could proceed.
However, Cllr. Kanneh stated that he did not want to go back and forth on the topic as he took his letter and returned it to his envelope.
It is unclear how some presidential nominations, particularly those involving tenured positions, are posing a challenge for President Boakai‘s government.
