The Boards of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the embattled state airline, Ghana Airways have been dissolved and new boards reconstituted. The Ministry of Roads and Transport says the appointment of the new boards takes immediate effect.

The reconstitution of the Ghana Airways board is in apparent response to recent demands by the workers of the airline for the dissolution of the old board.

The new board of Ghana Airways has E.R.K Dwemoh, Aviation Consultant as Chairman.

Other members are William Panford Bray, Banker; Adusei Sarkodie, MP; Vesta Adu Gyamfi, Senior Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Albert Osei, Financial Expert.

The rest are Hadjia Khaldi, Businesswoman; K. Seidu, Businessman; Cudjoe Fuseini, Ex-pilot; Nick Adi Darko, Managing Director, Prestige Motors and Nii Laryea Sowah a journalist representing the Private Newspaper Publishers Association (PRINPAG).

The nine-member reconstituted GCAA Board is chaired by Dr. Kobina Richardson, a retired industrialist. Other members are Oboshie Sai Coffie, of President’s Office; Alhassan Abdul-Rahman, Managing Director of Yimpex Ghana Limited and Group Captain J.A. Obeng, Pilot, Ministry of Defence. The rest are F.F. Antoh, Businessman; Eric Djamson, Former Ambassador to the European Union; E. Atta-Agyapong, MP; J. Osei Asamoah, Chief Director, Roads and Transport Ministry and Captain Joe Boachie, Director, GCAA.

The dissolved board of Ghana Airways was chaired by William Panford Bray, who is now a member of the reconstituted board while that of GCAA was headed by Dr Amoako Tuffuor.