Ghana Post

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Ghana Post
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General Post Office, Central Accra, Ghana.jpg
General Post Office, Central Accra
Agency overview
Formed1974
Employees1,650 (December 2016) [1]
Agency executive
  • Bice Osei Kuffour, Managing Director
Website ghanapost.com.gh OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Ghana Post (also known as Ghana Post Company Limited) is a government-owned corporation responsible for postal service in Ghana and a member of the West African Postal Conference. [2]

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The current Managing Director is Bice Osei Kuffour, popularly known as Obour with Kwaku Tabi Amponsah as his deputy. [3] [4] [5] [6] He succeeded James Kwofie as the Managing Director. [7]

History

Historically, Ghana Post commenced business in 1854 as the Post and Telecommunications Department of the Colonial Administration. It was transformed into a corporation in 1974 with the promulgation of the NRC Decree 311 of 1974. [8] The Telecommunications Division was carved out of the corporation in 1993, leaving the Postal Division to be renamed the Ghana Postal Services Corporation, its enabling act being Act 505 of 1995. The corporation was later incorporated under the Companies' Code (Act 179) in 1995 in line with the enactment of the Statutory Corporations (Conversion To Companies) Act 1993, Act 461; which required some state-owned enterprises to become limited liability companies; hence its current name Ghana Post Company Limited.

The company has legal monopoly over the provision of the universal postal service; letters below 100 grams.

The company provides postal, courier, retail, agency and financial services for its customers for profit.

Management

The Ghana Post Company Limited is managed by a seven-member Board of Directors. People on the board are; [9] [10]

  1. George Afedzi Hayford (Chairman),
  2. Bice Osei Kuffour (Managing Director),
  3. Yiadom Boakye Kessie (Member),
  4. Abena Durowaa Mensah (Member),
  5. Frederick Akuffo-Gyimah (Member),
  6. Alfred Nii-Nortey Nortey (Member), and
  7. Michael Omari Wadie (Member).

Awards

Some awards garnered include; [11] [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Ghana Post Diversifies Operations". Modern Guide. 20 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Home". www.upu.int. Retrieved 26 March 2010.[ title missing ]
  3. ↑ "Ghana Post appeals to President". Graphic Online. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "Obour: Ghana Post Acting MD meets staff". Graphic Online. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Musician turned politician, Obour appointed as acting GhanaPost MD". Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "Ghana Post MD receives foreign postal consultants". Graphic Online. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  7. ↑ Awal, Mohammed (11 October 2021). "James Kwofie steps down as Managing Director of Ghana Post". The Business & Financial Times. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "NRCD 311 of 1974". ghanalegal.com. 3 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "Communications Minister Inaugurates Two Boards | Ministry of Communications". www.moc.gov.gh. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "Explore opportunities in e-commerce space - Minister urges Ghana Post". Graphic Online. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  11. ↑ "Obour appointed acting MD of Ghana Post - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  12. ↑ "Obour: Bice Osei Kuffour appointed Ghana Post boss". Graphic Online. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  13. ↑ "Ghana Post wins Best EMS Customer Care award for 2017". GhanaWeb. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  14. 1 2 "Ghana Post wins 2 awards at Ghana Shippers Awards". Graphic Online. Retrieved 23 May 2022.


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