A decision by President-elect Nana Akufo Addo to name certain individuals he would be working with during the first term of his tenure, has been described as “alien” and one that lacks constitutional backing by the Member of Parliament for Juaboso.
Hon. Mintah Akandoh explains that he has taken the pain to thoroughly search the constitution but is yet to come across any instrument that gives our President-elect the power to name his ministers before he is sworn into power.
Shortly after President-elect, Nana Akufo Addo had toured the Flagstaff House yesterday, he organized a press conference at his residence to name some members of his backroom staff to steer the affairs of government at least for the first four years.
But speaking in an interview on Radio Gold which was monitored by Peacefmonline.com, the outgoing Deputy Minister of Natural Resources noted that the president-elect could have just waited for a few days after his swearing-in to name ministers and staff he wishes to work with at the Presidency.
The legislator claims the step taken by the incoming president is a bad one.
“What Nana Addo has done is alien to the constitution of the land…he should know governance is a serious business”, he said.
Hon. Mintah Akandoh insisted that the appointments by the president-elect were needless and gave an explanation that “he (Nana Addo) should be sworn in first before starting his appointments”.
He further explained that “Nana Addo isn’t the President of the land today… only the President can make an appointment. We always have one president not two. This is a democratic country so we have to abide by our rules and regulations".
Full list of Nana Addo’s administrative staff below
*Chief of Staff, Frema Osei-Opare
*Deputy Chiefs of Staff, Samuel Abu Jinapor and Francis Asenso-Boakye
*Secretary to the President, Nana Asante Bediatuo
*NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR - BRIGADIER GENERAL EMMANUEL OKYERE
*Director of State Protocol, Ambassador Hassan Ahmed
*Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin
*DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH - VICTOR NEWMAN
*Director of Operations at the Presidency, Lord Oblitey Commey
*Presidential Staffers, Saratu Atta and CLARA NAPAGA SULEMANA TIA
*National Security Coordinator, Joshua Cheremeh
Source: Chris Joe Quaicoe/ email: [email protected]
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Such a feeble mind - I'm not surprised the Mahama government was labelled as incompetent. What is wrong with announcing or making these appointments known to the public days before he is sworn in? The fact that he has made these appointments does not mean, they take over the reigns of government immediately. Nana Addo means business and will hit the ground running immediately after the swearing in. All these feeble minds (Hon Akandoh) are in Parliament wasting the nation's money.
I CAN'T SAY MORE. JIMIIII AKANDO.
Akandoh will never understand because he is an NDC. Has Akandoh ever heard of one being proactive? That is what is being done by Nana Addo.
Thank God NDC is booted out of government if you have such a person as a deputy minister only hardship will befall the nation that man should tell us the law in the statute which prohibits the president elect from naming his ministers before swearing in
Mr prefect. keep mute, u even stole the seat u are about to occupy. a w e
These people have caused your lost and still doing so to keep you in opposition. Learn and bring reasonable people for discussion. Ghanaians are more wiser now.
Maassa Go to court and challenge it talk is cheap Your empty noises you made that lead JDM to opposition will not work, Dinning hall Perfect to Minister you are just making noise.
These are some of the people who led NDC to opposition, how can you talk like that, we ordinary people see the appointments as wise one. No wonder dinning hall prefect was your best working experience. Give us a break!!!.
ma sree saaa&aaaaa ndc ignorance paa nie
" T'is better to be quiet and thought a ***barred word***, than to speak and remove all doubt" Abraham Lincoln. God bless our homeland Ghana, and make our nation great and strong.