The representative of President-elect Nana
Akufo-Addo, on the Transition team, Yaw Osafo Marfo, has asked for clarity on
alleged fresh recruitments into the public sector, and the awarding of fresh
contracts, after the National Democratic Congress government lost the
elections.
He warned that such last minute deals could have far-reaching
consequences for the incoming New Patriotic Party (NPP)
government.
Mr. Marfo was speaking at the plenary session of today’s
[Wednesday] transition team meeting, where he expressed concern about
the allegations he claimed to have heard “from the grapevine”.
“We have
heard of ongoing recruitment into the security services now which we hope is not
true. We have heard of the conversion of temporary staff of political assistants
and some of the staff we took on into permanent public servants.”
“We
have heard of the awarding of new contracts after the election results were
announced on December 9. We’ve heard of the procurement of sales and national
assets also after the results,” the former Finance Minister added.
Mr.
Marfo however indicated that, he and his team were not going to overreact to
these allegations, as he urged the government to be open to consultation if any
decision had to be taken.
“We need to be cautious, we need to be
transparent, we need to be candid and we need to be factual. We are therefore
appealing to our colleagues that within this period, if there is anything that
needs to be done, consultation needs to be brought on board.”
The role
the Transition team
The 16-member Transition team was officially
inaugurated on December 12 by President Mahama.
By the provisions of the
Presidential Transition Act 2012 (Act 845) the Transition team is to make
comprehensive arrangements to regulate the transfer of political power following
a Presidential election, and to do this by forming various sub-committees that
will be responsible for different aspects of the process of the transfer of
power.
Government had earlier indicated the Transition team meeting today
[Wednesday] was expected to settle on the committees to be established and the
composition of each committee so that the various committees can begin the
process of planning the inauguration.
