Handing Over Notes Ready For Transition Process To Begin Today- Hanna Tetteh


Government transition team says handing over notes from each Ministry that are to be given to the transition team for the incoming administration are ready, and were prepared before the elections were held on the 7th of December. 

The second meeting of the transition team after the formal inauguration on Sunday the 11th of December is scheduled to take place today, Wednesday the 14th of December at 10.00 am and we look forward to commencing the process of transition in earnest.
 
This was in a statement issued in Accra and issued by Spokesperson for the Governments Transition Team, Hanna Serwaa Tetteh.

Madam Tetteh who is the Minister for Foreign Affairs & Regional Integration in the statement said, the provisions of the Presidential Transition Act 2012 (Act 845) the transition team is to make comprehensive practical arrangements to regulate the transfer of political power following a Presidential election, and to do this by forming various sub-committees that will be responsible for different aspects of the process of the transfer of power. 

According to the statement, the law provides for the establishment of three specific committees - the inauguration sub-committee, the government machinery sub-committee and the presidency sub-committee and any other committees the transition team considers relevant for the performance of its functions. 

The statement said the team envisage that today's meeting will agree on the committees to be established and the composition of each committee so that the various committees can begin their work and get on with the process of planning the inauguration ceremony, handing over the machinery of the Civil Service including the Ministries, Departments and Agencies, and ensuring the orderly transfer of the official assets and liabilities to the in-coming administration.
 
“We envisage that the process of transition will be completed before the formal handing over to the incoming administration on the 7th of January 2017, however if there are any matters that still need to be addressed the members of the Government's transition team will be available for further discussions.” The statement concluded.
 
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