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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Animaaaaaaaa,go away
Akandoh no wonder Vice President described you guys as people who do not read.Thrre is fidderence between nomination and appointments.Ghana will suffer if we have duch people like Akando in parliament. ***barred word*** ***barred word***
Tony Aidoo ( the erratic NDC ***barred word*** talker ) was given a hot slap around Kwame Nkrumah circle by an unknown person a few days after after Kuffour was sworn into office in 2001 . This time around who would you prefer receives that slap ??? 😡 Felix Ofosu-Kwakwe 😡 Okudzeto Ablakwa 😡 Koku Anyidoho 😡 Omane-Boama 😡 Kofi Adams . Please kindly choose only one person wai ? 😂😂😂
Ooooo arhhhhhh,is dis man still in parliament?no wonder ndc lost e election
this guy is very stuuupi-iid. That is why we say you are incompetent even in opposition. So you mean Nana should wait after swearing in before he say something about those he intends working with? Jesus Christ!!!1!
SHAME ON U SO CALLED HON. DONALD DID SAME WAI. ASHI WU PAPA
Honourable Akandoh I could see you do not listen and you have already put at the back of your mind to find fault with the president-elect in order to bash him,because I heard him loud and clear telling the appointees their position take effect from 7th January 2017, so what is your problem.
JUST LOOK AT WHO IS TALKING ABOUT UNCONSTITUTIONALITY. ONLY IN GHANA's ndc.
Donald Trump is doing the same thing in the US and nobody is talking about it even though Obama is still the President.
hahahaha.... I can't laugh OMG.