Mr. George Niako
Plant Manager
George is the Plant Manager for the CENIT 126MW Gas Turbine Generator Power Plant located at Tema and owned by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust. George has provided technical and managerial leadership for the operations and maintenance of the plant since inception in 2012
He is an Electrical Engineer with over 20 years’ experience in operations and maintenance management for electric utilities. He previously worked for the 220MW TAQA International Operating Company (previously the CMS International Operating Company) as the Operations and Technical Plant Manager in the western region, Ghana.
George was a Consultant for the 126MW CENIT Energy Limited plant where he served as Technical Advisor in the area of LTSA, O&M, SSA, ICA and PPA contracts.
George holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Finance and Accounting from University of Liverpool and a BSc in Electrical Engineering from Richmond University.
Ing. Nana K. Caiquo
Technical Manager
Nana is experienced in the co-ordination of all electrical works on Gas Turbine Generators, Power Evacuation Infrastructure, Switchgear, Controls and Instrumentation
He has been the Lead Electrical Engineer for the design and installation of the 126MW Tema Thermal 1 Power Plant for the Volta River Authority. He was also the Project Engineer for Engineering Procurement and Construction of the 126MW Tema CENIT Thermal Power Plant for CENIT Energy. He was involved in the testing and commissioning of the evacuation, switchgears, control and instrumentation systems of the plant.
He is the Technical Manager and Lead Electrical for the operation and maintenance of the Tema CENIT Thermal Plant. Nana has over 17 years’ experience in power plant and substation maintenance works and was involved in several maintenance projects at the Volta River Authority’s Thermal Power Plants in Takoradi. Nana was involved in the Design, Supply, Installation, Operation and Maintenance of Several Solar Mini-Grid Electrification for Selected Island Communities in Ghana by the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum.
He holds a BSc. (Hons.) In Electrical & Electronic Engineering, from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and a Certificate in Renewable Energy, Green Power Academy, South Africa. He is a member of the Ghana Institution of Engineers, GhIE
Ing. Isaac Seshie Boafor
Maintenance Manager
Isaac has over 12years diversified field experience in engineering services. He is currently the Maintenance Manager for the Operation and Maintenance of the 126MW CENIT Thermal Power Plant. His responsibilities include:
- Planning and Implementation of the plant's preventive and maintenance programs.
- Identification of spare parts required for operation and maintenance of plant to ensure optimum availability.
- Coordinate with the stores the inventory and the minimum and maximum limits of spare parts available.
- Coordinating and implementing initiatives to ensure the plant maintains the operational ability to accomplish yearly availability target.
- Developing of the Plant Maintenance Budgets.
- Ensure maintenance activities are compliant with safety and environmental requirements and provide assistance to Plant and Technical Managers on additional plant improvement and modification projects as needed.
- Supports the Plant Manager to ensure the company does not miss any of its contractual obligations with Client.
- Plan the maintenance activities with sub-contractors
He holds BSc. Mechanical Engineering from K.N.U.S.T. and is a Member of the Ghana Institute of Engineers