President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed a transition team to facilitate the smooth changeover of administration even though his party, the NPP and himself will remain as president for the next four years.
This is in accordance with the dictates of The Presidential (Transition) Act, 2012, (Act 845) that governs the transition from one administration to another.
The Act stipulates that the President constitutes a transition team within 24 hours of the declaration of the results of the presidential election by the Electoral Commission.
Section 1(3) of the Act stipulates that “where the incumbent President is re-elected for a second term, the President shall designate members of the Transition Team.“
The appointment of the transitional team comes a day after the EC declared the New Patriotic Party’s Nana Akufo-Addo as the next president-elect on Wednesday, December 9.
The incumbent president Akufo-Addo polled 51% of votes to beat the NDC flagbearer John Dramani Mahama who polled 47% of votes according to the EC.
In a statement released from the Jubilee House, the president appointed 15 people to oversee the transitioning of the next government.The transitional team will be chaired by Chief of Staff at the Office of the President, Hon. Akosua Frema Osei-Opare.
Others include Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo, the Attorney General, Ms Gloria Akuffo, the Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of the Interior Minister, Mr Ambrose Dery, Defence Minsiter Dominic Nitiwul, Foreign Affairs Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, Hajia Alima Mahama, Minister for Local Government and Rural Develpment, and the National Security Minister Albert Kan Dapaah.
The rest are Nana Dwamena, Head of the Civil Service, Dr. Nana Ato Arthur, Head of the Local Government Service, Dr. Janet Ampadu Fofie, Chair of the Public Services Commission, Mrs. Mercy Debrah, Secretary to the Cabinet, Mr Joshua Kyeremeh, National Security Co-ordinator, and Mr. Henry Wood, the Acting Chief Director, Office of the President.
The team is expected to oversee the swearing-in of President Akufo Addo’s second term on January 7, 2021.
