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The President releases the list of 13 new key appointees

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The President releases the list of 13 new key appointees

The names of the 13 new key appointees at the Presidency in President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s second term have been released.

All the appointees are to undertake their duties in acting capacities, subject to consultation with the yet-to-be constituted Council of State.

The list includes new entrant Dr. Isaac Owusu Mensah as Director of Research who is replacing Victor Newman who recently passed on.

Other new entrants are Emmanuel Adumua-Bossman [a.k.a. Carlos don Brazi, which is the name he is commonly for in NPP circles] and Fawaz Aliu as the two new Deputy Chiefs Of Staff to replace Francis Asenso Boakye and Samuel Abu Jinapor who are now Members of Parliament.

Adumua-Bossman worked as the Director of the Impact Assessment Unit in the Office of the President from 2018 to 2020 and was also the Director for Planning and Implementation with the National Security unit from 2017 to 2018.

Fawaz Aliu on his part is a young and experienced diplomat from Dagbon.

He served as the focal point for coordinating President Akufo-Addo’s foreign relations engagements in his first tenure and also assisted the Secretary to the President in managing the president’s secretariat.

Akosua Frema Osei Opare has been retained as Chief of Staff same as Nana Bediatuo Asante as Secretary to the President, Brigadier General Emmanuel Okyere, as National Security Advisor, Lord Commey as Director of Operations, Eugene Kofi Bentum Arhin as Director of Communications and Saratu Atta as Personal Assistant (PA) to the President.

This was made known in a press statement signed and issued by the Acting Director of Communications at the Presidency, Mr. Eugene Arhin on Tuesday night (Jan 19, 2021).

Mercy Debrah-Karikari is on the list as Secretary to the Cabinet, Sam Ellis as Director of Personnel, Kow Essuman as Legal Counsel to the President, and Michael Ofori-Atta as Director of ECOWAS and Regional Integration.

The statement said the appointees are to undertake their duties in acting capacities, subject to consultation with the yet-to-be constituted Council of State.