GRIDCo gets new CEO following major shake-up of executives

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Ing. Frank Asirifi Otchere as its new Chief Executive Officer

Ing. Frank Asirifi Otchere has been announced as the new Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) Chief Executive Officer, effective May 8, 2026.

Reports suggest that Ing. Frank Asirifi Otchere’s appointment was contained in a circular signed by Board Chairlady Kuukua Maurice Ankrah.

Ing. Samuel Nkansah has also been confirmed as Deputy Chief Executive in charge of Finance and Resources.

Also, Ing. Samed Abdul Ibrahim, currently Director of the Project Implementation Unit, has also been appointed Acting Deputy Chief Executive for Engineering and Operations.

The new GRIDCo CEO now assumes leadership of the state-owned power transmission company responsible for electricity transmission across Ghana and within the West African power pool.

GRIDCo have also urged staff to extend the “necessary cooperation and support” to the newly appointed executives.

It will be recalled that John Abdulai Jinapor, the Minister for Energy and Green Transition, has ordered the Executive Officer of the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo), Ing. Mark Awuah Baah, to step aside.

Ing. Mark Awuah Baah has been ordered to step aside pending investigations into a fire outbreak at the Akosombo Power Control Centre.

In an announcement made by Minister of State in Charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, on X on Sunday, April 26, 2026, read, “Minister for Energy and Green Transition has asked the CEO of GRIDCo to step aside pending investigations into fire incident at Akosombo power control centre”.

Felix Kwakye Ofosu further disclosed that there has also been a major shake-up in the leadership of the ECG in the Ashanti Region.

His post added, “Also, there has been a major shake-up in the leadership of the ECG in the Ashanti Region”.

Following the news, netizens on X have alleged a plot to sabotage the Mahama government, resurfacing the NDC supporters’ concern over when they called for the removal of Ing. Mark Awuah Baah, a well-known NPP sympathiser, following President Mahama’s swearing in.

A post by the Ghana Chronicle on X stated, “Right after Mahama was sworn in, NDC supporters were calling for his removal because he is a well-known NPP sympathiser, who has even held party positions at the regional level.

As usual, he was playing politics with our electricity”.

“A die-hard NPP member working as the CEO of GRIDCo under the NDC is something I can’t understand.

The NPP would never keep a die-hard NDC member in such a position”, one more netizen added.

He further disclosed that, “ At 2 pm tomorrow, Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Hon John Jinapor, will hold a major briefing on recent developments in electricity distribution”.

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