Seven-member Governing Body of the Ghana Heavy Equipment Ltd (GHEL) sworn-in
The Trade and Industry Minister has also sworn-in the seven-member Governing Body
of the Ghana Heavy Equipment Ltd (GHEL). The Company
has the sole mission of providing reliable machinery and equipment and excellent
after-sales service to all sectors of the economy particularly the agricultural and
industrial sectors.
However, due to several challenges, the Company has not been
able to achieve this mission. The Minister therefore tasked the Members of the Board to
embark on the arduous journey to revive this important enterprise to enable it play its
key role in supporting the economic transformation of the country.
He said
achieving the task would require them to be innovative, comply with good corporate
governance practices, explore ways of capitalizing the enterprise and most importantly
ensure that they take advantage of opportunities presented by government flagship
programmes such as the One District One Factory (1D1F), Planting for Foods and Jobs and
the Strategic Anchor Industries.
The Minister suggested that the Board could, for
example, focus on the supply of the requisite industrial machinery that is fit for
purpose, eco-friendly, and energy efficient and suited for our climatic conditions to
companies such as those operating under the 1D1F programme. He also advised them to take
advantage of the Automotive Development Policy to nurture partnerships for component
manufacturing as another way of diversifying their portfolio to revive the
company.
The Board is chaired by Hon Ridwan Abass and the members include
Mr. Yaw Ntow Ababio (Chief Executive of the Company) as well as Dr. Dickson Adomako
Kissi. The rest are Mr. Robert Bediako Asare, Hon Alex Blankson, Chief Alidu
Abubakari and Mr. Prince Opoku Edusei.
