Chief Directors now in-charge of Ministries

Chief Directors at the various Ministries are running the administrative operations of their ministries pending the nomination of their Ministers by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and their subsequent approval by Parliament.

The Chief directors who are the technical heads are making sure that staff are at post with the requisite logistics to perform their duties without any hitches.

However, how it comes to making decisions that are beyond their powers they would refer to their ministerial transitional teams.

The Presidential Transition Act, 2016 Act provides for the constitution of a joint transition team, made up of members from both the outgoing and the incoming administrations, in order to ensure a smooth hand-over.

A visit by the Ghana News Agency on Monday to some key ministries such as Finance, Education, Health, Communication, Justice and Attorney General’s Department revealed that their staff was at post.

Mr Faissal Haruna Abdulai, the Assistant Public Relations Officer at the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General’s Department explained to the Agency that the former ministers of the previous administration handed over at the joint transition level.

He said for the Justice Ministry, constitutionally, the Solicitor General was in-charge until the appointment of a substantive minister.

Source: GNA