Seth Ago-Adjetey is a Ghanaian accountant and civil servant. He was the Director General of the

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from 2000 to 2002.

Early life and education

Ago-Adjetey was born on 4 April 1945. He studied Business Administration at the

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graduating in 1971. He holds an ACCA certificate which he obtained while studying at the School of Accountancy and Applied Economics, Leeds Polytechnic (now

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Career

Ago-Adjetey began as an Assistant Accounts Manager at the

Ghana Industrial Holding Corporation GIHOC Distilleries Company Limited was first modern distillery company to be established in West Africa. It was established by the pre-independence Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) in 1958 as the State Distilleries Corporation for the man ...

from July 1971 to September 1971. He later joined the State Hotels Corporation from 1971 to 1974, where he worked as an assistant accountant and later accountant. In March 1978, Ago-Adjetey was a Cost Accountant at Metal Box Limited, a company located in Shipley-Bradford, UK. Ago-Adjetey returned to the Ghana where he gained employment as a Cost Accountant at the Tema Food Complex Corporation in April 1978. He later became acting managing director of the company from 1983 to 1987. In 1989, he joined E. O. Mensah & Co (Chartered Accountants) as a Junior Partner. Prior to his appointment at the

, he was a Managing Partner of the firm. Ago-Adjetey served as the Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation from 15 September 2000 until he was relieved of his duties in August 2002. It is alleged that his contract was terminated by the National Media Commission without an explanation. He was succeeded by

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. Ago-Adjetey has acted as a

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consultant for the World Bank Rural Banks Restructuring Programme, the

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and also, the European Union Micro-projects. He has also served on various boards of several public organisations since 1972.

References

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