Business mogul, Dr. Daniel Mckorley chairs the Board of the Ghana Trade Fair Company
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed business mogul, Dr. Daniel
McKorley, as Chairman of the reconstituted Board of the Ghana Trade Fair Company
Limited (GTFCL). At a ceremony to swear in the Board Members,
sector Minister, Alan Kyerematen told the Board that Government, through the
Ministry of Trade and Industry, is redeveloping the Ghana Trade Fair Company Limited
(GTFCL) into a major Trade Hub in the sub-region.
According to
the Minister, as part of this agenda, the Company and the trade fair site are
undergoing a major transformation and redevelopment., at the core of which is the
development of a state of the art, international standard Convention and Exhibition
Centre supported by a mix use commercial facility including hotels, offices, retail
and leisure Centres.
The Minister informed the Board that the
project concept has been developed, the project master plan has been approved, and a
land title has also been secured. Additionally, an infrastructure developer has also
been procured and the site has been cleared in readiness for the
redevelopment. He has therefore tasked the Board members to use
their worth of knowledge and depth of experience to help in efforts at restoring the
enormous commercial and economic significance of the Company by providing the
platform for businesses to position themselves and tap into the long range of
business prospects that the Trade Fair Company offers.
The Company’s
Redevelopment Project which covers an area of about 156 acres, when completed, would
create a well-coordinated and well-managed world class multi-purpose international Trade
Fair Centre capable of attracting global trade and investment into the country and
position Ghana as a regional trade fair hub, generate additional tax revenue from
businesses and generate an estimated 10,000 jobs from the planning, construction to
post-construction management.
Members of the Board include the Chief of La, the
Chief Executive of the Company (Dr. Agnes Adu), and Madam Gloria Annoh-Wiafe. The others
are Mr. Tobby Amankwah, Hon Elvis Morris Donkor, Mrs. Ruth O. Addison, Madam Cecilia
Gambrah and Mr. Hubert Sevor
