In anticipation of the compulsory retirement of Cyril Kwabena Oteng Nsiah, the Parliamentary Service Board has appointed Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, the Deputy Clerk in charge of Corporate and Financial Management Services, as the new Clerk-to-Parliament.

Cyril Kwabena Oteng Nsiah, the current Clerk-to-Parliament, will reach the mandatory retirement age of 60 on February 2, 2025.

Ahumah Djietror, who was one of four deputy clerks considered for the position during an extraordinary board meeting in November, will officially take up the role on January 1, 2025.

As a former acting Deputy Clerk for Legislative Management Services and former Principal Assistant Clerk, he is a lawyer by profession and one of the longest serving procedural clerks of Parliament.

In addition to serving as the Head of the Table Office, Mr Djietror has in the past served as the clerk to various committees of Parliament, including the committees on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, the Business Committee, Committee on Judiciary as well as Committee on Foreign Affairs of Parliament.

Due to dint of dedication and hard work, the Speaker of the Eight Parliament and Chairman of the Parliamentary Service Board, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has already issued an appointment letter to the incoming Clerk to enable him commence work from January 1, 2025. 

Steering affairs

Mr Cyril Kwabena Oteng Nsiah has, in a letter signed by the Speaker, been directed to proceed on his due annual leave on the December 31, 2025. 

Mr Djietror is therefore expected to be in the chair to conduct the swearing in of newly-elected members of Parliament and the Speaker on January 7, 2025.

The incoming Clerk, who is touted as the most experience procedural clerk and the longest serving clerk at the Table is expected to conduct proceedings without any difficulty. 

The Speaker has yet to formally announce to the House about the appointment of the new clerk to the members of Parliament before the House rise sine die for the Christmas holidays.

Mr Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, the new Clerk-to-Parliament