A former Vice Chancellor of Ghana’s premier University of Ghana, Legon, Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, has been appointed the Board Chairman for the newly constituted board of the Energy Commission.
He comes to the Energy Commission board with rich experiences which cut across several areas.
At the University of Ghana, he was a professor of Entomology at the Department of Animal Biology and Conversation Science.
He rose to become the provost of the College of Basic and Applied Sciences at the University of Ghana.
Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu is a scholar of international standing with proven knowledge and experience in university administration and governance in addition to commendable fundraising ability at his disposal.
He was the main brain behind the building of a laboratory (Food Security) at the University of Ghana for use by staff and students in 1999.
He was also solely responsible for the acquisition and installation of a Scanning Electron Microscope worth US$500,000, the first of its kind in West Africa, through a grant from the Government of Japan.
Professor Owusu has served on numerous University boards and committees as well as serving as Hall Tutor of Jean Aka Nelson Hall, the University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UTAG) Secretary, as well as Editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Ghana Science Association, Regional Editor for the UNESCO African Journal of Science and Technology and a reviewer for a number of other international journals.
Professor Owusu is also a member of the University of Cambridge African Research Partnership (CAPREx) team.
Other members of the Energy Commission board are Ing. Oscar Kojo Amonoo-Neizer, Executive Secretary of the Energy Commission, Dr Kodjo Esseim Mensah-Abrampa, Dr Isaac Frimpong Mensa-Bonsu, Mr Moses Aristophanes Kwame Gyasi, Mr Dari Bismark Harruna (Kpembe-wura) and Lydia Seyram Alhassan, MP for West Ayawaso Wuogon Constituency.
Speaking at the inauguration of the newly constituted Board on Tuesday, Energy Minister Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh charged the board to serve faithfully and diligently in order to make meaning of the trust and confidence reposed in them by President Akufo-Addo.
He further urged the board to give meaning to the government’s commitment to developing and elaborating national policies and strategies for all renewable resources such as biomass, solar, geothermal, water and wind.
The Chairman of the Board, Prof Ebenezer Oduro Owusu expressed the new board’s readiness to tackle the challenges of the industry and the Commission.
