Nana Otuo Siriboe II
President Akufo-Addo has appointed 11 eminent persons to the Council of State.
A statement from the presidency signed by Acting Director of Communication, Eugene Arhin, on Monday evening, mentioned the immediate past Chairman of the Council who is the Paramount Chief of Juaben Traditional Area, Nana Otuo Siriboe II, as a member of the newly constituted Council.
The rest are Archbishop Justice Ofei Akrofi, veteran lawyer and politician, Sam Okudzeto and former Mayor of Accra, Stanley Adjiri Blankson.
The President has introduced a new face to the Council, Professor Ato Essuman, a former Chief Director at the Ministry of Education and Dean of the Faculty of Education and Entrepreneurship (FEE) at the Methodist University College.
Others are Alhaji Aminu Amadu, academic and diplomat, Dr. Margaret Amoakohene, Mrs. Georgina Kusi, Mrs. Alberta Cudjoe, the Tumu Kuoro, Richard Babini Kanton VI and Alhaji Sule Yiremiah.
This is pursuant to Article 89(2) of the 1992 Constitution of the Republic.
Subject to consultation with Parliament, the President has 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 in accordance with Article 89(2)(a)(i)(ii) and (iii) of the same constitution.
President of the National House of Chiefs, Ogyeahohoo Yaw Gyebi II, is ex-officio a member of the Council, in furtherance of Article 89(2) (b).
The composition of the Council will be complete with the election, due to be held on February 12, 2021, of the regional representatives, in accordance with Article 89(2) (c).
By Charles Takyi-Boadu, Presidential Correspondent