Bridget Katsriku is a

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public servant and currently the Chairperson of the Public Services Commission and the first female Chairperson of the

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. She was sworn into office by the late President

John Atta Mills John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills (21 July 1944 – 24 July 2012) was a Ghanaian politician and legal scholar who served as the 11th president of Ghana from 2009 until his death in 2012. He was inaugurated on 7 January 2009, having defeated the govern ...

on 7 March 2011.

Education

Katsriku is a product of Keta Senior High Technical School and the

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, Legon, with a degree in the Arts. She holds a postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration, and other postgraduate certificates in Management, Public Policy, Manpower Planning and Auditing.

Career

Katsriku joined the Civil Service in September 1975. She has held many high positions in the Civil and Public Services of Ghana, including Chief Director of two government ministries, the Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare and the Ministry of Tourism. She was instrumental in the establishment of the Ghana AIDS Commission and acted as its first Executive Secretary for one and a half years, other policies she initiated are the National Disability Policy, a Policy on NGO-Government Relations, Aging, Street Children, Co-operatives Development, HIV/AIDS at the workplace, HIV/AIDS District Response Initiative and Tourism policy.

Awards and recognition.

Katsriku is currently the vice-chair of the African Association of Public Administration and Management (AAPAM) headquartered in

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, representing the whole of

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She has won several awards, including Best Worker in the Civil Service in 2007 and a National Award of the

Order of the Volta The Order of the Volta is an order of merit from the Republic of Ghana. It was instituted in 1960 and is awarded to people for their outstanding service to the country.

in 2011, for her excellence and contribution to the Public Service.

References

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