Clifford Braimah
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Clifford Braimah | |
|---|---|
| MD Ghana Water Company Ltd | |
| Assumed office March 2017 | |
| President | Nana Akuffo-Addo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | New Patriotic Party |
| Alma mater | KNUST, Cranfield University |
| Occupation | Lecturer |
| Profession | Engineer |
Clifford Braimah is a Ghanaian engineer, academic and politician. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of Ghana and has served as the Northern Regional secretary of the party. He served as the Dean of the Department of Engineering of the Tamale Technical University. He is currently the managing director of the Ghana Water Company Limited. In 2018, he received the Humanity Magazine International Award for his efforts to improve Ghanaian drinking water quality.[1]
Clifford Braimah was admitted to the College of Engineering of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology where he graduated after his four-year education with a BSc in engineering. He obtained an MSc degree in Environmental Resources Management from the same university. He holds a PhD in Water Management from Cranfield University, United Kingdom.[2]
Working life
Braimah joined the Tamale Technical University as a faculty member of the School of Engineering in the year 2000. He was appointed a senior lecturer at the institution in 2011. While a faculty member, he contributed to several aspects of water development policies for both regional and national programs. These include the Savelugu Water System and the training of system operators in thirty towns within the northern sector of Ghana. He was a lead facilitator for the training of all 216 district water management engineers of Ghana. Clifford Braimah is a member of the Ghana Institute of Engineers and the International Water Association. He was appointed the Dean of the School of Engineering of Tamale Technical University.[2]
Political life
From 2006 to 2014, Braimah served as the Northern Regional secretary of the New Patriotic Party.[3][4] He has been described by Arthur Kobina Kennedy as "the go-to guy" in the Northern Region during the 2008 campaign.[5] When the NPP won the 2016 general elections, he was tapped to be named the Northern Regional Minister.[6][7] The position was given to a former District Chief Executive for Nanumba North District, Salifu Saeed. It later emerged that the then-NPP regional chairman Daniel Bugri Naabu felt he could not work with Clifford due to individual differences.[8] In March 2017, Joseph Kofi Adda, Minister for Water and Sanitation, appointed Braimah to head the national water supplier, Ghana Water Company Limited.[9][10][11]