The incoming Akufo-Addo government has condemned the last minute appointments of people to key state institutions as well as the signing of contracts by the outgoing John Mahama-led government, and served notice to review same within the remit of the country’s laws.
President Mahama who leaves office on January 7 on Tuesday appointed Joseph Whittal and Josephine Nkrumah as chairpersons of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, and National Commission for Civic Education respectively.
With just 17 days to hand over power to the New Patriotic Party, the Mahama-led government has been taking a number of decisions without recourse to the incoming government.
Some of these decisions include a 63 per cent increment in the allowance of National Service personnel and signing of various contracts to take effect from next year among others.
These last minute decisions have triggered a response from the incoming government transition team, which has described it as being in bad faith on the basis of what the team says is a breach of agreement.
“It is the view of the NPP team on the transition that this smacks of bad faith because there was this general agreement that without prejudice to their powers, there will be consultation on matters such as the present,” Kwadwo Oppong Nkrumah, who is the spokesperson for the team, told Joy FM Tuesday.
“The NPP team finds it most disappointing. The view of the NPP team is that the president elect will reserve the right to review these appointments as and when he assumes office,” he stated.
Mr Oppong Nkrumah said the president-elect would take consideration of all the legal perspectives on the issues.
“Secondly is the matter of some of these contracts that are ongoing again the decision was to have some gentleman consultation and a lot of it is not happening. For those as well, the NPP team would like to put out that we reserve the right to review.
“And it may be of interest to all such parties who are signing such contracts with government that notice is being served that these agreements at this stage will be subject to review, and therefore it may be in the interest of these third parties to also withhold their hand while we finish with this transition process,” he warned.
“Where there is demonstrable evidence that some bad faith is being demonstrated in some of these things, the law and its interpretation will be brought to bear on it,” he noted.
The Spokesperson said the chair of the NPP transition team has made effort to engage the government transition team noting “as I speak to you now we do not have any direct answers as to why these things have taken place on our blind side contrary to the agreement that was reached.”
Source: 3news.com
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My advise to the NPP MPs elect is to pray hard to their Gods expecially those occupying ndc seats to avoid unnecessary by-election. These people are so wicked and bitter they wouldn't mind killing people to come back to Parliament because they don't understand why they lost and they think parliament should be their only source of survival. Do not loose guard for these incompetent evils to kill you to come back to Parliament doing nothing there to help the nation but just to survive. Pray so their evil intentions will go back to sender in the name of Jesus. You are dealing with agents of Satan on earth in Ghana. Very wicked,wicked and callous people,you can see from their faces how evil they look do not let them bury you but still let the BATTLE BE OF THE LORD'S.
When wicked and evil people rule a nation the nation suffer. If ndc came to power because of Ghana and Ghanaians they would leave in peace,not in this evil way. They are acting like an evil spirit leaving a person under deliverance in bitterness. They become wicked and try to enter a space where the word of God doesn't dwell and live there finding a way to come back to the person delivered by the Holy Spirit with much,much wicked spirits and that is exactly what ndc is doing. Ghana and the new government will be guarded and guided by the Holy Spirit to succeed in a way these evils in the ndc will never come back with their wicked spirits to destroy our country. We give thanks to the Lord Most High for delivering our people from the hands of these evils. Witches and wizards of Oz. IN GOD WE TRUST.
we just need to be clear no appointments or contracts should be made after the election. Common sense so dictates
I do not think that it is even necessary to go to court. Certainly if the sitting President has the power to hire, the incoming President equally has the power to fire. Let us move ahead with serious issues rather than discussing such matters that can easily be resolved.
Esi, for a credible woman to talk like this is shameful Are you serious?
You said you have the power to review so why crying out so loud. NPP yabr3mo! Too much noise
Continuing projects is not the same as starting new ones when you won't be there to see the beginning. U no get common sense. Where is the turning back. This recipe for judgement debt. It's a trap but incoming government is too smart for those cro0ks
DID YOU NOT PROMISE TO CONTINUE HIS PROJECTS? ALREADY TURNING BACK ARE WE?