Isaac Aidoo has been coordinating the OGP Local program in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana since 2016. He serves as the OGP Point of Contact for Sekondi-Takoradi, playing a pivotal role in the city’s selection as one of the 15 pioneering cities to join OGP in April 2016. In 2019, Isaac led Sekondi-Takoradi to join CoST – the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative. Since then, he has focused on establishing a strategic platform for information sharing and advocacy among stakeholders to improve governance in public infrastructure projects and address issues like corruption and mismanagement. Isaac holds degrees in BSc Development Planning and MSc Project Management from Kwame Nkrumah University of Technology, Ghana.
Sekondi-Takoradi, Kaduna State, and other OGP Local members joined the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative (CoST), recognizing the pivotal role of local governments in infrastructure provision. These cities have embraced CoST’s core principles of multi-stakeholder collaboration, disclosure, assurance, and social accountability and have used their OGP action plan to improve infrastructure transparency.
