President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has just released his first batch of appointees for his second term of office.
The appointees named are mostly those who would help him manage the Office of the President, Jubilee House.
He maintained most of the old hands at the presidency from his first term, key among which is Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei Opare, who gets to continue her work.
A statement signed by now Acting Director of Communications, Eugene Arhin, named Nana Bediatuo Asante as Secretary to the President, maintaining his position, just like Mercy Debrah-Karikari, Secretary to the Cabinet, Brigadier General Emmanuel Okyere, National Security Advisor and Saratu Atta continuing as Personal Assistant (PA) to the President.
Eugene Arhin, himself, maintained his position as Director of Communications at the Presidency.
The only new faces are Emmanuel Adumua-Bossman aka Carlos Von Brazzi and Fawaz Aliu, who have been named Deputy Chiefs of Staff, with Lord Commey still Director of Operations.
Sam Ellis becomes Director of Personnel at the Presidency and Dr. Isaac Owusu-Mensah, another new entrant as Director of Research to replace good old Victor Newman who passed on suddenly late last year.
The President maintained legal practitioner, Kow Essuman as his lawyer (Legal Counsel to the President), with the usually quiet but hardworking Michael Ofori-Atta maintaining his position as Director for ECOWAS and Regional Integration at the Office of the President.
The appointees are to undertake their duties in acting capacities, subject to consultation with the yet-to-be constituted Council of State.
By Charles Takyi-Boadu, Presidential Correspondent