President -Elect Nana Akufo Addo Appoints Transition Team

President-elect, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo has appointed a transition according to a press release sighted by Ghanashowbiz.com.

For Immediate Release
10th December 2020
PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO APPOINTS TRANSITION TEAM
The Presidential (Transition) Act, 2012, (Act 845), was enacted to govern the transition from one administration to another. Within twenty-four (24) hours of the declaration of the results of the presidential election by the Electoral Commission, the President shall constitute the membership of the Transition Team.
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.”
In accordance with this, the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, following his re-election, has designated fifteen (15) persons to serve as members of the Transition Team. They are:
1. Hon. Akosua Frema Osei-Opare (Chief of Staff at the Office of the President) — Chairperson

1. Hon. Yaw Osafo Maafo (Senior Minister) — Member

2. Gloria Akuffo (Attorney General) — Member

3. Ken Ofori-Atta (Minister for Finance) — Member

4. Hon. Ambrose Dery (Minister for Interior) — Member

5. Hon. Dominic Nitiwul (Minister for Defence) — Member

6. Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchway (Minister for Foreign Affairs) — Member

7. Hon. Hajia Alima Mahama (Minister for Local Gov’t and Rural Dev’t) — Member

8. Hon. Albert Kan Dapaah (Minister for National Security) — Member

9. Nana Dwamena (Head of the Civil Service) — Member

10. Hon. Dr. Nana Ato Arthur (Head of the Local Government Service) — Member

11. Dr. Janet Arnpadu Fofie (Chair of the Public Services Commission) — Member

12. Mrs. Mercy Debrah (Secretary to the Cabinet) — Member

13. Mr. Joshua Kyeremeh (National Security Co-ordinator) — Member

14. Mr. Henry Wood (Ag. Chief Director, Office of the President) — Member

Eugene Arhin Director of Communications Office of the President