General News of Thursday, 10 December 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comAkufo-Addo appoints transition team for next governmentPresident Nana Akufo-AddoPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed a transitional team to facilitate the smooth changeover of administration even though his party, the NPP and himself will remain as president for the next four years. Under the Ghanaian constitution, a transitional team is enacted 24 hours after the declaration of presidential results. The appointment of the transitional team comes a day after the EC declared the New Patriotic Party’s Nana Akufo-Addo as the next president-elect on Wednesday, December 9. The incumbent president Akufo-Addo polled 51% of votes to beat the NDC flagbearer John Dramani Mahama who polled 47% of votes according to the EC. The transitional team will be chaired by Chief of Staff at the Office of the President, Hon.

Source: GhanaWeb December 10, 2020 20:37 UTC