Vice President, Mr Amissah Arthur Wednesday commiserated with the family and friends of Alhaji Adamu Iddrisu.
“Alhaji Adamu Iddrisu, was a shrewd business man with a good heart,” that is how Vice President, Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur chose to describe the late owner and Chairman of Global Haulage Group Limited (GHGL), Alhaji Adamu Iddrisu.
Mr Adamu Iddrisu, who was the owner of Royal bank died in the early hours of Wednesday July 27 after dawn prayers [Zuhr], family sources said.
He founded the popular Global Haulage Company in 1953 at the precincts of the timber market in Accra central.
Eleven companies currently form the GHGL and these are the Global Haulage Company Limited, the Royal Bank, Imperial General Insurance, Federated Commodities, Trans Royal Ltd, Cocoa Merchant, Royal Commodities, Isudam Construction and more recently, Global Automobile Limited.
GHGL also has the GG Farms and Global Haulage Real Estate, which is into the construction of warehouses and residential properties.
Due to his achievements and service he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in December 2015 by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
From a modest fleet of 15 vehicles in 1971, the company now owns and runs over 230 trucks daily.
GHGL trucks transport goods from the Tema and Takoradi port to northern Ghana, Mali, Niger and other countries in the West African sub-region.
Dr. Adamu also received the Millennium Excellence Awards. He was the Greater Accra District Best Farmer in 1986 and the Greater Accra Regional Best Farmer in 1987.
Also to his credit is two awards he received during the Africa International Awards in Tunisia in 1992, and two European Awards- Brussels in 1999 and Spain in 2003.
Dr Adamu left behind 23 children, 15 men and eight women.
