MOWCA Chairman, Others Expresses Support for SG’s Reform Agenda

The Chairman of Maritime Organisation of West and Central Africa (MOWCA), Hon Kwaku Ofori Asiamah has expressed support for the reform agenda being championed by the new Secretary General of MOWCA, Dr Paul Adalikwu.

Asiamah, who is Ghana’s Transport Minister disclosed this while addressing the SG and staff members of MOWCA during his maiden visit to the MOWCA secretariat after Adalikwu assumed office.

Asiamah in his advisory role, suggested that the four Directorate Cadre vacancies which are Admin & Finance, Maritime Transport and Economy, Maritime Safety & Environment Protection and ICT in the Organization as identified by the SG in the new Organogram, should be shared to the predominant 2 Anglophones and 2 Francophones Countries.

He further expressed his concerns over MOWCA Instruments like Rules of Procedure, Conditions of Service and Financial Regulations, which he noted had been in existence since the inception of the Organization in 1975 and therefore due for review.

The Chairman stressed the need for completion of the on going Audit Report and tasked the SG to liaise with the Audit Firm, Ernst and Young to submit its report to the Secretariat as soon as possible and inaugurate the Committee to look at the comments from member States in order to take an informed decision on MOWCA Instruments. 

Adalikwu briefed the Chairman on activities carried out so far since he assumed office as in the last three months.

He said his administration put together a new Organogram and schedule of duties of all staff; engagement with national Authorities of Host Country especially Secretary of State, Maritime Affairs for secretariat and other support.