Accra (Europe Brief News) – President John Dramani Mahama selected Prof. Seidu Alidu as the new Executive Secretary of the Water Resources Commission. Alidu currently serves as Associate Professor and Head of the Political Science Department at the University of Ghana.
International Recognition and Scholarly Work
Prof. Alidu delivers his role based on his broad expertise across three areas, including academia and public policy, alongside governance expertise, as reported by Citinews.
The Donahue Institute at the University of Massachusetts named Alidu one of its Scholars in United States Political Thought in 2014. During his stay at the Maria Sibylla Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA), he conducted research about parliaments and democracy in Africa.
- The new Executive Secretary works with various international institutions, along with local policy organisations that include:
- The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) maintains its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.
- The Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen operates in the Netherlands.
- The University of Sussex features the Institute for Development Studies as one of its main research centres.
- The Institute for Democratic Governance
- The Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung
- The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) serves as one of the collaborative institutions.
- The research project Varieties of Democracy is operated by the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College operates as one of the research organisations.
- The German-African Governance Partnership Organisation
- The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) maintains its headquarters in New York.
Academic journals, including Peace Review, Criminal Justice Studies, Transitional Justice Review, Journal of African Political Economy and Development, Contemporary Journal of African Development and Ghana Studies, have published various works by Prof. Alidu.
His position at the Ghana Water Resources Commission is projected to gain from his diverse research experience in governance and policy development.
