Broadcast Journalist and host of Good Evening Ghana on Metro TV, Paul Adom Otchere has been appointed as the Board Chairman of the Ghana Airport Company Limited(GACL).
A letter from the office of the Presidency dated August 30, 2021 and signed by the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, which communicated his appointment said, the President has nominated him as the chairperson of the seven-member Board of Directors.
The appointment comes barely a month after the staff of the company agitated over alleged mismanagement, internal procurement breaches and welfare management issues demanding the removal of the Managing Director.
The workers demanded the immediate release of their locked-up deductions for Staff Welfare, Insurance, Credit union, and SSNIT benefits.
He is to work alongside Yaw Kwakwa, Managing Director of Ghana Airport Company; Mr Teye Adjirackor; Mr Kwabena Mantey Jectey Nyarko; Mad. Philomena Sam; Mr. Francis Kofi Nunoo, Ministry of Transport and Grp. Cpt. Gervase Wienad, Ghana Air Force.
In line with the Act, 2004 (Act 678) , Ghana Airport Company Limited was incorporated in January 2006 but commenced operations in January 2007 with the responsibility for planning, developing, managing and maintaining all airports in Ghana.
