{"id":281614,"date":"2017-01-04T11:11:32","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T11:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=281614"},"modified":"2017-01-04T11:11:32","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T11:11:32","slug":"akufo-addo-to-name-chief-of-staff-deputies-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/akufo-addo-to-name-chief-of-staff-deputies-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo to name Chief of Staff, deputies today"},"content":{"rendered":"
The President-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo, will today [Wednesday], January 4, name the incoming Chief of Staff as well as two other deputies.<\/p>\n
This will be ahead of his official inauguration as President on Saturday, January 7, 2017, at the Independence Square.<\/p>\n
The President-elect has already named some individuals who will serve in his government as ministers.<\/p>\n
Over the weekend, he said renowned Ghanaian Cardiothoracic surgeon, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng will be his Minister for Environment Science, Technology and Innovation.<\/p>\n
While addressing the Private Enterprise Federation at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) in December, Akufo-Addo announced that businessman and former Trade and Industry minister in the erstwhile John Kufour administration, Alan Kyeremanteng will serve as Trade and Industry minister in his government.<\/p>\n
Ahead of Akufo\u2019s announcement of the Chief of Staff, some people have speculated that the President-elect\u2019s choice will be the former Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency Member of Parliament Frema Osei-Opare, and will have Abu Jinapor as her deputy.<\/p>\n
While the speculations cannot be held as true, some bigwigs in the New Patriotic Party including Nana Akomea and Gabby Asare Otchere Darko have said the choice of Abu Jinapor as a deputy Chief of Staff is laudable.<\/p>\n
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