President Mahama and President Elect To Co-chair Transition Team 

President John Dramani Mahama will on Sunday December 11, 2016, will inaugurate  transition team.

A statement signed by the Minister of Communications, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah said the team will be co-chaired by President Mahama and the President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

Persons appointed by President Mahama on the team are the Chief of Staff, Mr. Julius Debrah: Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Mrs. Marietta Brew Appiah Oppong, Minister of Finance, Mr. Seth E. Terkper, Minister of the Interior, Mr. Prosper Bani; Minister of Defence, Dr. Benjamin Kunbour, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Madam Hanna S. Tetteh, and the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Alhaji Collins Dauda.

Those representing the President-elect are former Finance Minister in the Kufour administration, Mr. Yaw Osafo Maafo, Ms. Frema Osei Opare, Head of the Staff of Office of the President-elect, Ms. Gloria Akuffo, member responsible for Legal Affairs, Mr. Ken Ofori- Atta, member responsible for Finance, Mr. Ambrose Dery, member responsible for the Interior, Mr. Dominic Nitiwul, member responsible for Defence, Ms. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, member responsible for Foreign Affairs, Hajia Alima Mahama, member responsible for Local Government, and Mr. Albert Kan Dapaah, member responsible for National Security.
The statement mentioned the statutory members of the Transition Team as the head of the Civil Service, head of the Local Government Service, Secretary to the Cabinet, and the National Security Coordinator.

Below Is The Statement: 

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 
 
1.  Julius Debrah- Chief of Staff

2.  Marietta Brew Appiah Opong- Attorney General  & Minister for Justice

3. Seth E. Terkper- Minister for Finance

4. Prosper Bani- Minister for the Interior

5. Dr. Benjamin Kunbour- Minister for Defence

6. Hanna S. Tetteh- Minister for Foreign Affairs & Regional Integration

7. Alhaji Collins Dauda- Minister for Local Government & Rural Development

Representing the President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo are:

1. Yaw Osafo Maafo- Representative of the President-elect

2. Frema Osei Opare- Head of the Staff of Office of the President-elect

3. Gloria Akuffo- Member responsible for Legal Affairs

4. Ken Ofori- Atta- Member responsible for Finance

5. Ambrose Dery- Member responsible for the Interior

6. Dominic Nitiwul- Member responsible for Defence

7. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey- Member responsible for Foreign Affairs
 
8. Hajia Alima Mahama- Member responsible for Local Government

9.  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:

1. Head of the Civil Service
2. Head of the Local Government Service
3. 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.


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