The eight are Nana Otuo Siriboe II, Juabenhene, Nana Kofi Obiri Egyir II, Mrs
Alberta Cudjoe, Alhaji Aminu Amadu, Alhaji Sahanun Moqtar, Mrs. Georgina Kusi,
Alhaji SuleYiremiah, Mr. Paa Kofi Ansong. President of the National House of
Chiefs, Togbe Afede XIV, becomes an ex-officio member of the Council in
furtherance of Article 89(2)(b).
Meanwhile, the president has in accordance with Article 89(2)(a)(ii) and
(iii), appointed General J.B. Danquah, a former Chief of Defence Staff of the
Armed Forces, and Nana Owusu Nsiah, a former Inspector General of Police, to the
Council.
A statement signed and issued by the acting Director of Communications at the
Presidency, Eugene Arhin said “Since there is no living former Chief Justice,
the President is unable to propose a name for the approval of Parliament, in
accordance with Article 89(2)(a)(i)” The composition of the Council will be
completed with the election of the representatives due to be held on Thursday,
February 16, 2017.