{"id":596921,"date":"2019-03-07T06:12:57","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T06:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"<br><p>Until her appointment Sandra Opoku was the General Manager of the in-charge of Legal Affairs of GPHA<\/p><div>\n<!-- \/1002554\/MJO_Announcement_250X340 -->\n<!-- <div id='div-gpt-ad-1550929497923-0' style='float:right;z-index: 996;height:340px; width:2"},"modified":"2019-03-07T06:12:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T06:12:57","slug":"akufo-addo-appoints-first-female-port-director-for-tema-harbour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/07\/akufo-addo-appoints-first-female-port-director-for-tema-harbour\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo appoints first female Port Director for Tema Harbour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Until her appointment Sandra Opoku was the General Manager of the in-charge of Legal Affairs of GPHA<\/p>\n<div>\n<!-- \/1002554\/MJO_Announcement_250X340 --><br \/>\n<!-- \n\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1550929497923-0' style='float:right;z-index: 996;height:340px; width:250px;'>\n\n<\/div>\n\n --><br \/>\n<!-- 8th March (2wks) --><\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;z-index: 996;height:340px; width:250px;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/glauc-new.jpg\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">Ghana\u2019s Port and Maritime industry has made history\u00a0following the appointment of Mrs Sandra Opoku as Director of Ports for the Tema Habour under the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">The appointment by President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday 4, 2019 will go down in history as the\u00a0first time\u00a0a female has been appointed to occupy that sensitive position.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid-1 --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">Until her appointment Sandra Opoku was the General Manager of the in-charge of Legal Affairs of Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">She now becomes the acting Director of The Port of Tema, Ghana&#8217;s largest commercial Port.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid-2 --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">\u00a0Mrs. Opoku was employed lawyer for the state-run organisation in 2003.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">Barely a year later she was admitted into the International Maritime Law Institute in Malta in 2004\u00a0 and graduating with Masters in International Maritime Law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0in; margin-right:0in\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">Prior to serving as General Manager of Legal Affairs of GPHA, she held positions including GPHA\u2019s General Manager in-charge of Administration, Legal Manager and Board Secretary of the Ghana Ports\u00a0 and Harbours Authority.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-leaderboard_mid --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.10&appId=1559506714349564\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Until her appointment Sandra Opoku was the General Manager of the in-charge of Legal Affairs of GPHA Ghana\u2019s Port and Maritime industry has made history\u00a0following the appointment of Mrs Sandra Opoku as Director of Ports for the Tema Habour under the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA). 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