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Mills
transitional team holds preparatory meeting
Accra, Jan. 4, Ghanadot/GNA - The Transitional Team, named
by President-Elect Prof. John Atta Mills on Sunday began a
preparatory meeting in Accra to discuss the smooth
transition of power from the outgoing President John Agyekum
Kufuor Administration to the incoming Government.
The close-door meeting, attended by the Professor Mills, was
believed to have centred on forming an inclusive government,
and working smoothly within the limited transition period
before the President-Elect Mills government would be fully
formed to execute its agenda.
Madam Hannah Tetteh, Spokesperson for the Transitional Team,
later told journalists that the Team, with its sub
committees were in consultations to coordinate the
activities of the Transitional Team to ensure a smooth
changeover of government.
With a suggestion that political opponents were not enemies,
Mad. Tetteh reiterated that the President-Elect Mills
Government would be inclusive and said the President-Elect
would place competence above party affiliation.
Some names of outsiders already featuring on the
sub-committees of the Transitional Team are Dr Nii Moi
Thompson and Dr Kwabena Dufuor both of the Convention
People’s Party, which contested in last December’s
parliamentary and presidential polls.
Madam Tetteh said the nominations would not necessarily form
the next government but some were likely to be considered
for government appointments.
The 12-member Transitional Team has Mr Paul Victor Obeng as
Chairman, Mr Alex Segbefia as Secretary and Ms. Hannah
Tetteh as Spokesperson. The other members of the Team are
the Chairpersons of 9 Sub-Committees set up to provide the
technical back up support to the Transitional Team.
They are:
1. Mr Victor Gbeho – Chairman, Inauguration Sub-Committee
2. Dr Don Arthur – Chairman, Sub-Committee on Transfer of
Executives Assets
3. Togbe Afede Asor XIV – Chairman, Sub-Committee on the
Economy
4. Brigadier Joseph Nunoo-Mensah – Chairman, National
Security Sub-Committee
5. Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni – Chairman, Sub-Committee on
Governance
6. Mr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah – Chairman, Social Sector
Sub-Committee
7. Mrs Betty Mould-Idrissu – Chairman, Sub-Committee on
Legal Matters
8. Mr Kwame Peprah – Chairman, Sub-Committee on Energy
9. Alhaji Mahama Idrissu – Chairman, Nominations
Sub-Committee.
The Transitional Team would work with the outgoing NPP
Government to ensure the effective handing over of the
nation’s administration from the President Kufuor
Administration to the President-Elect Mills Administration.
It would also advise on the nomination of persons to hold
office in the new Government.
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