Government Statistician, Dr. Philomena Nyarko has dismissed speculations that she is being hounded out of office.

This follows a recent advertisement of her position in the newspapers after three years in office. Madam Nyarko explains to JOY BUSINES, she’s only due for retirement next month.

Dr. Nyarko attains the retirement age of 60 years on the 11^th of May 2016.

“So I am due for retirement, and as per the public service rules, you have to go for somebody else to take over” she noted.

On speculations that he position is being advertised too early in a bid to hound her out, she said “No! Infact up until now we still have not been able to identify somebody to occupy the position so we are still working on it. The timing of the advert was right.”

According to her, the service have since last year been trying to get a suitable replacement but is yet to get anybody.

Asked whether or not there is the possibility of her being offered a contract to stay on a little longer, she said that would be a decision by the board.

She added however that “if the board needs me to hang on until they take steps to get somebody to replace me, I don’t think there would be a problem.”

Dr. Philomena Nyarko was confirmed as Government Statistician in May 2013 after acting in that capacity between January, 2012 and April 2013 when Dr. Grace Bediako retired under controversial circumstances.

Before joining the Service in August 2010, Madam Nyarko was a Senior Lecturer at the Regional Institute for Population Studies – RIPS at the University of Ghana, Legon.