The Director General of National Disaster Management Organization, Eric Nana Agyeman-Prempeh, has been elected as a member of the Executive Council of the General Assembly of the International Civil Defence Organization (ICDO).
His election marks the first time a Ghanaian has been elected to serve on the council.
Statement below…
Today, at the 55th Session of the Executive Council and the 25th Session of the General Assembly of the International Civil Defence Organization (ICDO), I have been elected as a member of the Executive Council of the General Assembly.
Significantly, this is the first time Ghana is serving on the council, with all the 60-member countries present supporting my bid unanimously making my representation as the only Anglophone Sub-Saharan African on the council.
I would also like to congratulate my Tunisian and Nicaragua counterparts for winning the Chairmanship and Vice Chairmanship positions respectively.
