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Presidential transition team Chairperson receives handing-over notes from 54 MDAs 17th Dec 2020 | Source: GNA
Alhaji Yakubu Atchulo, Director of Administration, Office of the Administrator-General, on Wednesday, presented the handing-over notes of 54 ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to the Chairperson of the Presidential transition team, Madam Akosua Frema Osei-Opare.
The handing-over notes were presented to Madam Osei-Opare at the maiden formal working meeting of the transition team in Accra.
The 54 MDAs include the Office of the President, Office of the Senior Minister, Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ministry of Aviation, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Works and Housing, Ministry of Information and Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources as well as some Regional Coordinating Councils.
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Administrator General hands over notes to 2020 transition team
Administrator General, Alhaji Yakubu Atsulor, has handed over notes from 54 out of 56 government departments and agencies to the 2020 transition team.
The handing over notes are expected to facilitate the work of the 15-member team in ensuring a smooth transition of power.
The Presidential (Transition) Act, 2012, (Act 845), regulates the political transfer of power and for related matters.
For an incumbent President, the law states that if re-elected for a second term, he or she “shall designate members of the Transition Team.”
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, when Nana Akufo-Addo was given nod to govern for another four-year term after the December 7 elections, he appointed the 15-member transition team to ensure effective transfer of political power from the current administration to the next.
Some members of the 15-member team at the inauguration on Wednesday
A 15-member transition team constituted by President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo following his re-election to serve a second term begun work on Wednesday, December 16, 2020.
The 15-member team, Chaired by Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, officially started work after she led a short inauguration ceremony.
At the ceremony, Administrator General, Alhaji Yakubu Atsulor, handed over notes from 54 out of 56 Ministries and Regional Coordinating Councils spread across the country.
The Chief of Staff said the inauguration ceremony “represents the start of the formal working meeting of the transition to set agenda and pursue task assigned to us.”