The Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG)
has lauded president-Elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo first appointment of his
ministers as well as some presidential staffers.The group expressed
extreme happiness with the quality of appointments made so far by the
President-Elect – particularly by naming Madam Frema Opare as Ghana’s first
female Chief of Staff.
“AFAG appreciate the quality of appointments made
so far by President-Elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. As an institution that
cherishes good governance, we are impressed with the brilliant men and women of
substance that would be manning the office of the president” a
statement
copied to Peacefmonline.com reads
Nana Akufo-Addo who
has been dropping names of members of his in-coming government, yesterday
revealed some staffs of his incoming administration.
They are mainly his
staff at the Presidency and include 69-year old Frema Opare, a labour expert and
former legislator who becomes Ghana's first female Chief of Staff.
Of her
two deputies, is 33-year-old Samuel Abu Jinapor and Francis Asenso-Boakye, a
political assistant to Akufo-Addo over the years.
Other security
appointments include Brigadier General Emmanuel Okyere, a Military Engineer,
National Security Advisor; Security Expert and former Bureau of National
Investigations (BNI) Director, Joshua Kyeremeh, has been also been named the
National Security Co-ordinator.
However, AFAG in a statement urged the
President-elect to include the youth in his administration after describing his
recent appointment as “excellent”
Read Below AFAG’s
statement
1st Female Chief of Staff and Youth Inclusion
Excellent
AFAG appreciate the quality of appointments made so far by
President-Elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. As an institution that cherishes
good governance, we are impressed with the brilliant men and women of substance
that would be manning the office of the president.
The appointment of the
first female Chief of Staff is laudable and it deserves commendation of the
highest esteem. Also, the inclusion of vibrant and result orientated youth who
distinguished themselves in service to the nation should also be celebrated.
These sharp young minds must be properly nurtured by the best senior citizens to
ensure the continuity of the moral fiber of our Ghanaian society.
AFAG
urge the President-Elect and the appointing authority to look within the pool of
the NPP to ensure that young people of excellent standard and virtue that form a
sizeable number of the human resource at the nation's disposal are identified
nurtured.
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