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Award to
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Group picture after the opening ceremony of the
4th WAPP General Assembly in Accra. Front Rank: From the Left, SENELEC
Director of General Studies, ECG Board Chairman; WAPP Secretary General;
Ghana Deputy Power Minister; WAPP Chairman; VRA Chief Executive; Representative
of NEPAD/IPPF & PHCN Executive Director.
4th WAPP General Assembly
The WAPP Executive Board Chairman, Vice Chairman and
Secretary General remain in office for three more years as a result
of the decision taken at the 4th session of the WAPP General Assembly
held in Accra on October 29, 2009.
The number of the Board members has also been increased
from seven to eleven with eight permanent members and three rotating
members for the period October 2009 to October 2011.
The Director General of the Société Béninoise
d’Energie Electrique (SBEE), Godefroy Chekete, is considered as
a permanent member observer.
Permanent
members |
| 1. |
Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) - Engr. (Dr.)
J.O. Makoju – Chairperson |
| 2. |
Société Nationale d’Electricité
du Burkina (SONABEL) – Salif L. Kaboré - Vice Chairperson |
| 3. |
Volta River Authority (VRA) - Kweku Andoh Awotwi |
| 4. |
Société de Gestion du Patrimoine du
Secteur de l’Electricité (SOGEPE) - Jeanne-Chantal
Bouedy |
| 5. |
Société Nationale d’Electricité
du Sénégal (SENELEC) – Seydina Kane |
| 6. |
Société de Gestion de l'Energie de Manantali
(SOGEM) – Saloum Cissé |
| 7. |
Communauté Électrique du Bénin
(CEB) – Djibril Salifou |
| 8. |
Secretary General of WAPP – Amadou Diallo |
Rotating
members |
| 1. |
National Water and Electricity Company Limited –
Momodou Jallow |
| 2. |
Liberia Electricity Corporation – Joseph Mayah |
| 3. |
Electricité de Guinée – Elhaj
Sékou Sanfina Diakité |

WAPP received in June 2009 an Award from the African
Power Forum for its contribution to the development of electric power
in North, Central and West Africa.
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