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Government Transition Team Ends Work Today
By Abdul Salam Sule, Ghanadot
Accra, March 13, Ghanadot - Information available to
Ghanadot has revealed that, the government transition team
which was set up in January this year to transfer all
government assets from the previous NPP government to the
new administration would end its work today and would
consequently present its report to the President.
A source at the office of the chairman of the government
transition team that confirmed the story said, the work of
the committee was very fruitful even though it conceded
there were some misunderstanding at a point in time between
the transitional team of the former administration.
The source said, the chairman of the government transitional
team, Mr Paul Victor Obeng, would at the close of work today
present the report of the team to the President John Evans
Atta Mills for study and if the need be, take appropriate
action against former government officials who had been
indicted by the report.
But the work of the government transition team has not come
to an end without some blood bath with that of the former
administration's transition team.
At a point in time during the work of the government
transition team, it was described as a 'kangaroo court' by
the members of the former administration. An assertion which
the government transition team took great exception of.
Another problem encountered by the government transition
team with that of the past administration was the assets of
the state which the members of the past government were
supposed to hand over to the new administration.
Dr Don Arthur, the chairman of the Assets Committee of the
government transition team, was on various occasions
reported to have said that the immediate past government
officials were having in their possession state owned
vehicles.
This led to seizure of some cars belonging to the past
government officials and the presidential candidate of the
opposition New Patriotic Party, (NPP) Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo
Addo also became a victim of the car seizure. Because of
this development, members of the former NPP administration
transition team threatened to boycott the work with the
government transition team but they were prevailed upon to
stay.
Despite some of the negatives recorded during the work of
the transition team, a source from the government's
transition has told Ghanadot that, the work was successful
and they were looking forward to present their final report
to the President today at the castle, Osu.
Ghanadot
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