The presidential transition process will face several challenges, a governance fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Professor Ransford Gyampoh has said.<\/p>\n
Prof. Gyampoh explained that, the office of Administrator General, which is critical to overseeing the transition process, is in dire need of resources to execute its mandate under the amended Presidential Transitional Act.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”CQAshzANN7ca8TsqmbbHbbfOTcHYH8OD”]\u201cIn the law, there is a time period that he is supposed to go, take an audit of assets of the state, those at the presidency, those at the ministry departments and agencies, and then document them and all that,\u201d Prof. Gyampoh said of the Administrator General to Citi News<\/strong>.<\/p>\n He however added that\u00a0\u201cyou speak to him and he is helpless because he has a problem with office space, he has no\u00a0vehicle, he as no serious staff working with him; and he suffers logistical challenges that will enable\u00a0him to work.\u201d<\/p>\n Until the enactment of the Presidential Transition Act, 2012 (Act 845), there was no legal blueprint that governed the transition of political power in the country.<\/p>\n Before the enactment of the Law, transitions in the country had been characterised by administrative lapses, forced evictions and seizure of vehicles.<\/p>\n But Prof. Gyampoh warned that \u201cat the end of the day, we have a fine blueprint called the Presidential Transition Act, but it lacks the Administrator General who would be the key official to push the process and to ensure the full implementation of the Act.\u201d<\/p>\n The transition process began\u00a0on Sunday after a team was inaugurated by President John Mahama.<\/p>\n President Mahama on Saturday announced the 16-member team comprising seven members of the National Democratic Congress government and nine from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) who will be leading next government.<\/p>\n The team also includes the Head of the Civil Service, Head of the Local Government Service, Secretary to the Cabinet and the National Security Coordinator in accordance with the provisions of the Presidential Transition Act 2012 (Act 845).<\/p>\n The team is expected to commence work ahead of the of the official swearing-in of the President-elect, Nana Akufo Addo as President of the Republic on January 7, 2017.<\/p>\n Members of the team area:<\/p>\n Representing the President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo are:<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The presidential transition process will face several challenges, a governance fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Professor Ransford Gyampoh has said. Prof. Gyampoh explained that, the office of Administrator General, which is critical to overseeing the transition process, is in dire need of resources to execute its mandate under the amended Presidential Transitional […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":276093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,11],"tags":[2356,3,2737,2738],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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