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The acting Chief Fire Officer (CFO) of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), Daniella Mawusi Ntow Sarpong, has pledged to lead an open and transparent administration, prioritising the welfare of personnel as the service continues its fight against fire and its devastating consequences.
Looking ahead, she said her vision for the service was to build a vibrant and responsible workforce that would adhere to international best practices in fire prevention and control.
“Trust me, when I say I will be a mother for all. Being a mother means the simultaneous nurturing of rewarding diligence and zero tolerance for all forms of indiscipline and laziness.
What separates the GNFS we have now and from the one we desire is our exclusive devotion to the call off duty,” CFO Sarpong said during a handing-over ceremony in Accra today.
CFO Sarpong has made history as the first-ever female Chief Fire Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), marking a transformative moment in the organisation's leadership.
With a distinguished career spanning over three decades, she has consistently demonstrated exceptional dedication, resilience and leadership in fire safety, emergency response, and administrative governance.
Since her enlistment into the service on November 1, 1992, as a Cadet Officer, and her commissioning as an officer on August 6, 1993, she has risen through the ranks with unwavering commitment, amassing 32 years of extensive expertise in fire safety, crisis management and institutional development.
“With extreme sense of gratitude and humility, I accept the position of CFO, the highest position in the enviable GNFS. Surely, this great privilege with its attendant power comes with great responsibility.
I embrace this responsibility with an unwavering commitment and a renewed appreciation of our core legal mandate of managing and preventing fires in Ghana,” she said.
She also expressed her gratitude to President John Dramani Mahama; the Vice-President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, and the Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Muhammad-Mubarak, for considering her worthy of the highest position of CFO.
The outgone CFO, Julius Kuunuor, congratulated his successor for being appointed and promoted to the highest rank of the service.
He said her appointment was good news as she had much insight of the GNFS, and therefore, in a good position to move things faster for the betterment of the service.
He urged the firemen to team up with the new CFO to move the service to the greatest heights comparable to any such service in the advanced countries.
He also expressed his gratitude to all the officers as well as the civilian employees for the team work, patience and dedication they had put into performing their duties to the fullest even at odd and difficult times.
“You are indeed the type of loving people I shall always remember in my lifetime and during my new hard won title period as senior citizen.
Finally, I wish to also extend my heartfelt gratitude to my family, particularly my wife for their prayers, patience and unflinching support in times of need,” he said.
