A former Deputy Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Joseph Kpemka, has been appointed by President Akufo-Addo as the Deputy Managing Director of the Bulk Energy Storage and Transportation Limited Company (BOST).

A letter signed by the secretary to the President, Nana Bediatuo Asante has asked the Energy Minster, Dr Mathhew Opoku Prempeh to take the necessary steps to regularise his appointment.

“The President of the Republic has nominated Joseph Dindiok Kpemka for appointment as deputy minister of Bulk Energy Storage and Transportation Limited Company.”

"Kindly take the necessary steps to regularise the said appointment in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Companies Act, 2019(Act 929) and the constitution of the company,” the letter said.

Joseph Dindiok Kpemka once served as New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for the Tempane Constituency in the Upper East Region.

Kpemka was an English tutor at the Ghana Education Service from 2002 to 2005, a District Chief Executive from 2008 to 2009, and became a lawyer and lecturer at the Bolgatanga Technical University from 2009 to 2016.