The transition team of Ghana’s president-elect John Dramani Mahama has cautioned public officials against submitting themselves to last-minute pressure from the outgoing government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo or find themselves to blame when the new government takes office next month.
The team is accusing the government of carrying out some recruitments, payments, transfers and promotions through the aid of some public officials with barely 21 days left to hand over power.
The warning is contained in a press statement signed and issued Tuesday by the spokesperson to the president-elect’s team, Felix Kwakye Ofosu.
“The Transition Team of the President-elect, H.E. John Dramani Mahama, has noted that despite an agreement reached at the second meeting of the joint Transition Team held on Friday, 13th December, 2024, that last-minute recruitments, payments and such other actions be cleared with the joint Transition Team, the NPP government continues to undertake these activities without recourse to the agreement.
“The Transition Team of the President-elect wishes to state emphatically that given the bad faith displayed by the government, all these payments, recruitments, transfers and promotions, some of which have been backdated, will be reversed and, where necessary, public officials responsible for them held to strict account when a formal transfer of power takes place,” the statement reads.
The statement adds: “For the avoidance of doubt, all public officials are strongly cautioned to resist pressure from outgoing political actors to engage in these acts as they could attract severe consequences when the new government takes office.”
Source: Media Without Borders/mwbonline.org/Ghana
