SSNIT IT head interdicted for using fake certificates

Caleb Afaglo was interdicted for using fake certificates

The head of Social Security and National Insurance Trust’s management information system has been interdicted for using fake certificates to secure the top job as IT manager.

Investigations conducted as far back as January revealed that Dr. Caleb Afaglo possesses neither a doctorate nor masters degree as it is on his file with SSNIT.

He had on his CV a Bachelor of Science and MBA from the Georgia Institute of Technology, PhD from the Kennedy Western University, which was an affiliate of the University of Cincinnati until it was closed down in 2011.

Prior to his employment at SSNIT, his former employers had included National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA), Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), MTN Ghana, Action Chapel International as the Data Services Supervising Engineer.

He had also served as the head of IT department at SIMNET GHANA, GLICO and Dominion University: Caleb Afaglo was allegedly sacked in the three organisations for presenting fake documents.

His interdiction comes following investigations into the controversial $72 million spent on procuring procure a faulty software from 2012 to 2016.

SSNIT in 2012 procured ICT infrastructure including software to automate its offices across the country at the cost of 32 million dollars but the contract sum shot up to 66 million dollars and by 2016 it had reached 72 million dollars. Read Documents

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By 3news.com | Ghana

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