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President Akufo-Addo has appointed Michael Oquaye Jnr. as the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Free Zones Authority.
The public service institution is designed to promote the processing and manufacturing of goods through the establishment of Export Processing Zones (EPZs), as well as to encourage the development of commercial and service activities at sea and air-port areas.
Mike Oquaye Jnr. previously served as Ghana’s High Commissioner to India during the first term of President Akufo-Addo.
He will be replacing Michael Okyere Baafi the former CEO of the Ghana Free Zones Authority who has now been elected the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for New Juaben South in the Eastern Region and doubles as the Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry.
The Ghana Free Zones Authority (GFZA) was established on August 31, 1995, by the Free Zone Act 1995 (Act 504), with the mandate to promote economic development, provide for the regulation of activities in free zones and for related purposes in Ghana.
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