Ian Walker
The British High Commissioner to Ghana, Ian
Walker, sometime last week, paid a working visit to the Director-General of the
State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA), Stephen Asamoah-Boateng.
The visit was to enable him get a better
understanding of the operations of the newly established organisation.
He was received on arrival by Asamoah-Boateng
who briefed him on the developments that led to the repeal of the acts relating
to the defunct State Enterprises Commission (SEC) and the Divestiture
Implementation Committee (DIC) and the subsequent establishment of SIGA.
He further hinted on the expansive objects
of SIGA which included promoting within the framework of government policy, the
efficient or where applicable profitable operations of the specified entities,
ensuring that specified entities adhere to good corporate governance practices;
acquiring, receiving, holding and administering or disposing of shares of the state
in state-owned enterprises and joint venture companies.
He added that as part of its mandate, SIGA
had a responsibility to not only oversee and administer the interests of the state
in specified entities, but also ensure that state owned enterprises and joint
venture companies introduce effective measures that promote the socio-economic
growth of the country including, in particular, agriculture, industry and
services in accordance with their core mandates.
But as a new shareholder of all the
entities in which the state has interests, Asabee as he is affectionately
called, intimated that the Authority had undertaken some substantive measures
with the view to enhancing good corporate governance practices, maintaining
physical discipline as well as promoting efficiency in performance.
On his part, the high commissioner expressed
satisfaction with the relationship that continued to exist between Ghana and
UK, more importantly between the high commission and the SEC, as it used to be;
and assured the director-general of the continuous collaboration between them.
He hinted his host about some upcoming
events in the UK which he expected the Government of Ghana to be actively
involved in, including the African investment Summit on January 2020, where he
looks up to the strong partnership being formed between the Bank of England and
the Bank of Ghana as well as the Securities and Exchange Commission of UK and
its counterpart in Ghana.
He also talked of the Republic Party’s (GOP) Summit to be held in Glasgow, in September 2020.
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