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Host of Radio Gold's morning show, the Gold Power drive, Alhassan Suhiyini has been appointed a board member of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority. He and other top members and sympathisers of the ruling party are to manage the organization which boarded was dissolved by President John Drmani Mahama some few days ago. The appointment of Mr. Suhiyini does not come as a surprise as he was tipped to given a deputy Ministerial position in the John Mahama government. He was high on the list of people to be considered for the position of Deputy Information Minister but the appointment of Murtala Muhammed meant his hope for the position was lost as the President to ensure regional balance could not appoint two northerners to the position. Since arriving at the pro-NDC station, Mr. Suhiyini has been in bed with the top notch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and he was part of presidential trips especially during the regime of Late President John Evans Atta-Mills. President John Mahama has also appointed Air Vice Marshall Christian Edem Dovlo as Chairman of the GCAA. He would replace Kuntu-Blankson. AVM Dovlo is the immediate past Commandant of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre and a former Director General of Personnel Administration at the General Headquarters of the Ghana Armed Forces. Other members of the new GCAA board are Captain Daniel Gomez, Yaw Benneh, Sanja Anita Morrison, Peggy Addo and the Director General of the GCAA, Air Commodore Kwame Mamphey (Rtd.). Industrialist and former President of the Association of Ghana Industries, Tony Oteng Gyasi, has also been appointed Chairman of the reconstituted board of directors for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). Other members of the Board are Dr. Kwasi Apea Kubi, Hon. John Jinapor, Dr. Ofosu Ahenkorah, Dr. Clement Abavana, Nana Kwebu Ewusi VII, Samuel Cudjoe, Eunice Comnashar and the Managing Director of the Company, Hutton Mensah. Other boards that have been reconstituted by the President acting in consultation with the Council of State are the Divestiture Implementation Committee (DIC) and the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL). Private Legal Practitioner, Anthony Lithur chairs the reconstituted GACL board, with Dr. Ebenezer Ayirebi Acquah, Irene Marfo, Betty Solomon Aryeh, Gizealla Agbotui and Vitus Anaab-Bisi as members. Finance Minister Seth Terkper is the Chairman of the DIC. Other members are the Attorney General Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, Minister for Employment & Labour Relations Nii Armah Ashitey, Minister for Trade & Industry Haruna Iddrisu, TUC Secretary General Kofi Asamoah, Ag Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission Dr. W. K. Odame Larbi and Colonel Anthony Adokpa of the Ghana Armed Forces.