Nana Addo appoints Osafo Maafo, 14 others as transition team

President Akufo-Addo has appointed a 15-member team to manage the transition of power from his previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration to the incoming one.

The team will be led by the Chief of Staff, Frema Osei-Opare with Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo, Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, Defense Minister, Dominic Nitiwul and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway as members.

The rest include Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama, National Security Minister, Albert Kan Dapaah, Head of the Civil Service, Nana Dwamena, Head of the Local Government Service, Dr. Nana Ato Arthur, Chairman of the Public Services Commission, Dr. Janet Ampadu Fofie, Secretary to the Cabinet, Mercy Debrah, National Security Co-ordinator, Joshua Kyeremeh and the Acting Chief Director at the Office of the President, Henry Wood.

The appointment of a transitional team is a constitutional requirement of a government in power after a general election.

The Presidential (Transition) Act, 2012 (Act 845) states that “the person elected as President shall appoint an equal number of persons as appointed under paragraph (a) to constitute a Transition Team that shall include the Head of the Civil Service, the Head of the Local Government Service the Secretary to the Cabinet and the National Security Coordinator”.