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Madam Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, the Minister of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, has sworn into office a nine-member board of the Ghana National Procurement Agency (GNPA) limited, a commodity trading and distribution company. The company was to ensure the reliable supply of strategic commodities at better prices, shorter lead times, and credible local participation, in compliance with Public Procurement Act and other relevant regulations. The minister, among other things, tasked the new board to set strong governance standards, approve a board charter, and constitute an audit/risk strategy. It must also constitute a human resource committee, enforce conflict of interest rules and discourse and align its activities to sector priorities of government. “Adopt a GNPA strategy that supports industrialisation, agribusiness value chain, SEGs, exports, and then the 24-hour economy,” she said. Madam Ofosu-Adjare noted that the door of the ministry was opened to the agency and could fall on its expertise for any assistance. The committee has Reverend Ernest Kwadwo Adjei as chairman, with the members including Ivy Emefa Adiko, Carey Yaw Owusu-Anti, and Edinam Kojo Asamoah. The rest are Nana Opoku Fosu Gyeabour III, Stephen Kweku Bonah, Henry Yaw Acheampong, Joseph Konadu and Professor Frederick Dayour. Rev. Adjei said the appointment was but a call to service, leadership with integrity and transparency. “A call to ensure that every decision reflects the collective commitment of excellence and accountability. Procurement, as we all know, is central to the effective and ethical functioning of public institutions,” he said. He urged members to conduct their duties with fairness, prudence, and unwavering sense of responsibility to the nation. Mr Adjei pledged that members of the board would promote teamwork, professionalism, and sound governance practises that supported the ministry’s vision. GNPA Limited was initially set up as Ghana National Procurement Agency (G.N.P.A) in 1976 by SMCD. Its primary purpose was to import some selected consumer products in large quantities for sale to the Ghanaian population at “affordable prices”. It was, also, to serve as the procurer for government departments and agencies and to hold buffer stocks for national food security. In 1998, the Ghana National Procurement Agency was transformed into a limited liability company, GNPA Limited, with the state as the sole shareholder. Source: GNA
