[ 2021-02-02 ]

President makes appointments to Council of State

By Ken Sackey

Accra, Feb. 1, GNA - Presidemt Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo has appointed 11 persons as members of
the Council of State. They include Nana Otuo
Siriboe II, Juabenhene, Archbishop Justice Ofei
Akrofi, Mr.

They include Nana Otuo Siriboe II, Juabenhene,
Archbishop Justice Ofei Akrofi, Mr. Sam Okudzeto,
Mr. Stanley Blankson, Prof. Ato Essuman and Alhaji
Aminu Amadu.

The others are Dr. Margaret Amoakohene, Mrs.
Georgina Kusi, Mrs. Alberta Cudjoe, Kuoro Richard
Babini Kanton VI and Alhaji Sule Yiremiah.

According to a statement issued by the Presidency
on Monday, the President, in accordance with
Article 89(2)(a)(i)(ii) and (iii), of the
Constitution, had also appointed Georgina Theodora
Wood, a former Chief Justice, Lt. Gen. J.B.
Danquah, a former Chief of Defence Staff of the
Armed Forces, and Nana Owusu Nsiah, a former
Inspector General of Police, to the Council.

Ogyeahohoo Yaw Gyebi II, President of the National
House of Chiefs is an ex-officio member of the
Council.

The composition of the Council will be complete
when regional representatives are elected on
February 12, 2021.

Source - GNA

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