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Six of the newly created ministerial portfolios will operate from the Office of the President; President Nana Akufo-Addo has said. According to him, the budgetary allocations of the new portfolios will be captured under the Office of the President.

A total of 36 people have been nominated by the President as of now to handle 36 portfolios.

Some of the portfolios have been carved out of existing ones, whilst others are a re-introduction of some of the portfolios that existed during former President John Kufuor's era.

Nana Akufo-Addo has been sworn in as Ghana's new president after beating John Mahama in last month's election.

Heads of state from across Africa and thousands of guests and dignitaries watched him take the oath of office at a ceremony in the capital, Accra.

Mr Akufo-Addo, a 72-year-old former human rights lawyer, promised free high school education and more factories.

But critics have questioned the viability of his ambitions.

Third time lucky for Nana Akufo-Addo

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Accra, Jan 4, GNA - It was a delight to watch, when President John Dramani Mahama and President -elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo met at the Flagstaff House as part of the on-going transition exercise.

The meeting at the Presidency was at the behest of President Mahama whose objective was to conduct President -elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo to various departments and offices at the Flagstaff House, Kanda.

It’s been difficult getting the private sector, in this modern ICT age, to drive the levers of growth for the local economy, outgoing CEO of StanChart Ghana has said.

According to Kwaku Bedu-Addo, “Over a 30-year period, I think that we are struggling as a country… we are struggling to assert our economic identity. We are struggling to create wealth and distribute it equitably through a fair social contract.”

The experienced banker made the observation during a discussion on the Super Morning Show on Joy FM with Nhyira Addo on Wednesday.

President John Mahama on Wednesday inaugurated the first phase of a new 650-bed University of Ghana Medical Centre at Legon in Accra.
Said to be comparable to none in West Africa, the $271 million Medical Centre is a referral facility.

The facility comprises eight separate buildings and houses, different specialised areas such as emergency, Imaging, operating theatres, laboratories and a computer room.

President-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo, has postponed the presentation of a list of proposed ministers who will serve in his government to his party’s highest decision-making body.

Nana Akufo-Addo was expected to submit the list to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Executive Committee (NEC) for review, however, at a meeting Thursday, December 15, 2016, he could not provide the list.

Another meeting between Nana Akufo-Addo and the NEC has been scheduled, Joy News sources say.

President John Dramani Mahama has touched down in the capital city of The Gambia, Banjul to help mediate in a post-election impasse between incumbent Yahya Jammeh and President-elect Adama Barrow.

The trip to Gambia is President Mahama's first foreign trip since losing Ghana's general elections to the New Patriotic Party's Nana Akufo-Addo last Friday.

The presidential transition process will face several challenges, a governance fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Professor Ransford Gyampoh has said.

Prof. Gyampoh explained that, the office of Administrator General, which is critical to overseeing the transition process, is in dire need of resources to execute its mandate under the amended Presidential Transitional Act.

Ghanaians have taken the American news network CNN to task over a report that erroneously described the country as a place where "Ghanians [sic] struggle to obtain food and day-to-day services. Rolling blackouts are common and citizens often stand in long line to obtain products."

The hashtag #CNNGetItRight trended over the weekend after football journalist Gary Al-Smith noted the story and tweeted "I didn't know Ghanaians 'stand in long lines to obtain products' or 'struggle to obtain food'. And I live there."