A press statement dated December 17, 2024 and signed by the spokesperson of the Transition Team of President-elect John Dramani Mahama cautions government officials on undertaking last-minute recruitments, payments and promotions without being cleared by the transition team.
The team alleges that there are last-minute recruitment, payments and promotions which are being made after the joint transition team had met on December 13, 2024 and reached an agreement that all last-minute recruitments and payments should be cleared with the transition team.
However, according to the team, the NPP government continues to undertake such activities without recourse to the agreement. It is based on this that the Transition Team of President-elect have issued a press statement, cautioning all government officials engaged in such acts to refrain for they will be held responsible the moment the new government takes office. They advised that public officials should not engage in these acts as they will be brought to book the moment there is a change in government.
The statement buttresses the agenda of the NDC to recover all monies and national assets that have been mismanaged by some government officials during the Akuffo-Addo-led administration. Mr. Ofosu, in the press statement cautioned, “the Transition Team of the President-elect wishes to state emphatically, that given the bad faith displayed by the government, all these payments, recruitments, transfers and promotions … will be reversed and where necessary, public officials responsible for them held to strict account when a formal power transfer takes place”.
The transition team was created by the President-elect on December 10, 2024, in accordance with the guidelines set in the Presidential (Transition) Act, (Act 845), and it is made up of experienced individuals who work in the various sectors in the country.
Some of the core members of the transition team include the current general secretary of the NDC, Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketia, Mr. Julius Debrah and Professor Kwamena Ahwoi. The transition team is to aid the smooth ushering of the Mahama-led administration into the new government.
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