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Akufo-Addo Appoints Ishmael Ackah As PURC Executive Secretary
President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Ishmael Ackah as the acting executive secretary of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC).
According to a report by asaaseradio, the appointment took effect from 28 January 2022, pending “receipt of the constitutionally required advice of the governing board of the Commission, given in consultation with the Public Services Commission”.
Ackah is a fellow of the Institute of Economic Affairs Ghana.
He worked as the head of policy unit at the Africa Centre for Energy Policy. Dr Ackah also served for two years as the technical advisor on energy and petroleum policy to Ghana’s minister for planning. He was the first co-ordinator of Local Content Secretariat at the Ghana Energy Commission.
He has provided research consultancy services for the United Nations University, African Development Bank, IHS Markit, GOGIG/OPM, Ghana’s National Accreditation Board, the Natural Resource Governance Institute and SNV Ghana, among others.
