Checkout Prez. Akufo-Addo’s Appointed Caretaker Ministers

Information circulating online indicates His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed caretaker ministers to act for now before the actual ministerial list is out.

This is as a result of the expiration of the President’s first term and the commencement of his second four-year term on January 7, 2021.

The action is in accordance with the Presidential Transition Act, 2012, (Act 845), to avoid gaps in the running of the government machinery.

Reliable sources from the Presidency has it that Mrs Akosua Frema Osei-Opare had been asked to act as the Chief of Staff, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta to act as Finance Minister, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen as Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Dominic Nitiwul, as Minister of Defence, and Mr Albert Kan Dapaah, as Minister of National Security.

The rest are Mr Ambrose Dery, acting as Minister of the Interior, Hajia Alima Mahama, acting as Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, and Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah as Minister of Information.

Mr Eugene Arhin is also to act as Director of Communications at the Presidency.

However, the caretaker ministers had been directed not to take decisions involving policy issues.

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