Former President Kufuor and his guest during the courtesy call
The Chairman of the Governing Board of the
Ghana Integrated Iron and Steel Development Corporation (GIISDC), Prince Imoru
Andani, last week, called on former President John Agyekum Kufuor at his Accra
residence.
The chairman went to formally inform the
former president about his new appointment and to seek the blessing of a
statesman whom he worked with, for many ideas in the political trenches of
local politics.
He left the residence of his former boss
enriched with knowledge, which as he told DAILY GUIDE, would go a long way in
helping him to discharge his mandate for his compatriots.
As chairman of a new corporation which the
president regards as a new opening in the country’s industrialization drive,
Andani will be looked upon to make his boss’ dream come true.
As a man the former president has
confidence in, he charged him to exhibit what he has always known him for,
‘hard work and passion for his people.’
Andani in a chat with DAILY GUIDE said he was
longing to see the dawn of an iron and steel industry in the country.
This was a critical element of
industrialization he said, adding that ‘I as chairman of the governing board
will not sleep until we meet the expectation of the president and the former president,
who too expects to see the Sheni, the Upper East and the Western Regions
deposits exploited sustainably for the betterment of our dear Ghana.’
When the president inaugurated the nine-member governing board of the GIISDC he charged it to work towards the industrialization of the country through the exploitation of the massive iron ore deposits in the country.
By A.R. Gomda
