Richard Ellimah is the newly sworn in PIAC Chair
Members of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) have elected Richard Ellimah, a Natural Resource Governance Analyst and Community Activist, as Chairman to serve a one-year term from November 2025 to November 2026.
He succeeds Constantine K. N. Kudzedzi, who served as PIAC Chair for a one-year term.
Commenting on his election, Ellimah expressed appreciation to members for the confidence reposed in him and pledged to build on the solid foundation laid by his predecessors to fulfil PIAC’s mandate of promoting transparency and accountability in the management and use of petroleum revenues.
He also used the occasion to pay glowing tribute to the immediate past members of the Committee for their role in advancing PIAC’s mandate.
Richard Ellimah is a Community Activist, Development Planner, and Natural Resource Governance Analyst, with nearly two decades of civil society experience, particularly in Ghana’s natural resource sector.
At the same meeting, Edward Yaw Afriyie, a Biomedical Scientist representing the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) and the Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI), was elected Vice Chairperson to serve a one-year term.
New members inaugurated as PIAC pushes for accountability in oil sector
He succeeds Odeefuo Amoakwa Boadu VIII.
Ahead of the election, on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, the Coordinating Director at the Ministry of Finance, Samuel Arkhurst, swore in five new members of PIAC.
The members include:
1. Christopher Opoku Nyarko – Ghana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GHEITI)
2. Sena Dake – Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICAG)
3. Zamboanga Rufai Saminu – Ghana Journalists Association (GJA)
4. Veronica Adigbo – Ghana Bar Association (GBA)
5. Nana Soglo Alloh IV – National House of Chiefs
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