President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Engineer Samuel Boakye-Appiah as the acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).

This was contained in a letter signed by the Energy minister Boakye Agyarko.

“You would act in this capacity until a substantive CEO is appointed,” the letter said.

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The letter further stated that “as a care-taker CEO, you will not take decisions that have policy implications until a substantive governing board is in place.”

Engineer Boakye-Appiah joined the Electricity Company of Ghana, (ECG) on January 4, 1990. He had earlier served as a National Service Person at VRA for two (2) years and later worked as an Assistant Electrical Engineer and Electrical Engineer at Bonsa Tyre Company Limited (1987-1988) and Afridec Limited (1988-1989).

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At ECG, he has worked in the Engineering, Network Projects, Materials and Transport Directorates and the Office of the Managing Director in his over 25 years’ work experience. He served in the Engineering Directorate and was attached to the Fifth Power Project (Power Five) from 1990 –1994.