Alhaji Adam Iddrisu, owner of Global Haulage, Royal Bank dies at 72
Alhaji Adam Iddrisu, the owner and Chairman of Global Haulage Group Limited (GHGL) has died. He was said to have died early Wednesday morning after dawn prayers [Fajr], family sources have confirmed to Graphic Online.
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In line with Islamic custom, he is expected to be buried later on Wednesday. The last rites [Janazaa] would be performed at the Global Haulage compound at Achimota in Accra at 3pm.
The 72-year-old founded the Global Haulage Company which is a household name in Ghana today 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.
Dr Adamu left behind 23 children, 15 men and eight women. He was born at Old Fadama, a suburb of Accra, near the bubbling Agbogbloshie foodstuff market.
Through perseverance, hard work and focus, and most importantly the grace of God as he said in a recent interview with Daily Graphic, GHGL is today recognised as a company to reckon with in not just the transport industry but also in many other businesses that are thriving, and as such providing job opportunities for about 12,000 people in direct and indirect labour.
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in December 2015 conferred an Honorary Doctorate on him at a ceremony at the university's campus in Kumasi.
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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.
"When many transport companies left Ghana in 1980 to seek greener pastures in other African countries, we stayed in Ghana to build this brand", Dr Adamu recalled in an interview with the Daily Graphic in December last year after the KNUST conferred the degree on him.
The honorary doctorate on him was in recognition of his contribution to society. He also received a national award as a member of the Order of the Volta, which is conferred on people who have made significant contribution towards the socio-economic development of the country.
Dr Adamu has also received a Millennium Excellence Award. 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.