Business News of Monday, 9 August 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com•Farouk Alui Mahama is the latest to receive an appointment from President Akufo-Addo•Farouk is now the Board Chairman of the Ghana Integrated Iron and Steel Development Corporation (GIISDEC)•He will see to the development and promotion of the country’s Integrated Iron and Steel industryMember of Parliament for Yendi constituency, Farouk Aliu Mahama has been appointed by President Akufo-Addo to serve as Board Chairman of the Ghana Integrated Iron and Steel Development Corporation (GIISDEC). GIISDEC was established by an Act of Parliament in March 2019 to develop and promote the country’s Integrated Iron and Steel industry. According to details of his appointment, Farouk Mahama will oversee to facilitation of the corporation to serve its intended purpose for which it was established. President Akufo-Addo pointed that GIISDEC played a vital in Ghana’s industrialisation efforts and therefore charged Mr Farouk Mahama to steer the affairs of the corporation prudently. Farouk Aliu Mahama’s maternal grandfather, Alhaji Imoro Egala, was Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister in the First Republic (1960-1961) and later Trade and Industries Minister.

Source: GhanaWeb August 09, 2021 12:31 UTC