President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has named Jerry Ahmed Shaib as the CEO of the Coastal Development Authority in pursuant to Section 3(1) of the Coastal Development Authority Act, 2017 (Act 961).

His appointment comes after the Managing Director of Accra based Citi FM and Citi TV, Samuel Attah-Mensah, widely known within media circles as Sammens, resigned as the CEO of the Authority months after his appointment.

Mr. Shaib whose appointment takes immediate effect will however require confirmation from the governing Board of the Authority in consultation with the Public Services Commission.

Until his appointment, Mr. Shaib, who is a lawyer by profession was the Deputy CEO of the Coastal Development Authority.

He was also the New Patriotic Party’s 2016 Parliamentary Candidate for Ablekuma South where he lost to NDC’s Alfred Oko Vanderpuije.

Mr. Jerry Ahmed Shaibu holds a BA, LLB and MPhil degrees with a considerable number of years of practice as a lawyer.