Mahama to inaugurate Transition Team on Sunday
President John Dramani Mahama will on Sunday December 11, 2016 inaugurate the Transitional Team further to the provisions Transition Act 2012 (Act 845, a press release from the Flagstaff House Communication Bureau signed by, Minister for Communications, Dr. Omane Boamah has said.
The team will be co-chaired by President Mahama and President-elect Nana Akufo-Addo.
See full details below.
Further to the provisions of the Presidential Transition Act 2012 (Act 845), President John Dramani Mahama has appointed the following as members of the Transition Team:
- Julius Debrah- Chief of Staff
- Marietta Brew Appiah Opong- Attorney General & Minister for Justice
- Seth E. Terkper- Minister for Finance
- Prosper Bani- Minister for the Interior
- Dr. Benjamin Kunbour- Minister for Defence
- Hanna S. Tetteh- Minister for Foreign Affairs & Regional Integration
- Alhaji Collins Dauda- Minister for Local Government & Rural Development
Representing the President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo are:
- Yaw Osafo Maafo- Representative of the President-elect
- Frema Osei Opare- Head of the Staff of Office of the President-elect
- Gloria Akuffo- Member responsible for Legal Affairs
- Ken Ofori- Atta- Member responsible for Finance
- Ambrose Dery- Member responsible for the Interior
- Dominic Nitiwul- Member responsible for Defence
- Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey- Member responsible for Foreign Affairs
- Hajia Alima Mahama- Member responsible for Local Government
- Albert Kan Dapaah- Member responsible for National Security
- In accordance with the provisions of the Presidential Transition Act 2012 (Act 845), the following are statutory members of the Transition Team:
- Head of the Civil Service
- Head of the Local Government Service
- Secretary to the Cabinet
4. National Security Coordinator
The Transition Team, which will be co-chaired by President John Dramani Mahama and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the President-elect, will be inaugurated on Sunday December 11, 2016 at 5pm.
Signed:
Edward K. Omane Boamah (Dr.)
Minister for Communications
Accra.