The President-elect’s members of the Transitional Team have raised concerns with allegations of on-going recruitment into the security agencies and the public service without consulting them.
According to the co-chairperson of the Transitional Team, Mr Yaw Osafo Maafo, they have come across allegations where immediately after the results of the election was declared on December 9, the out-going NDC government has started converting temporary staff of political assistants and some of the staff which they took on into permanent public and civl servants.
“We’ve heard of the award of new contracts after the results of the election has been announced on the 9th of December.”
“We have heard from the grapevine a few things which has become our concern [In-coming government Transitional Team]. For instance, we have heard about on-going recruitment into the security services now, which we hope is not true.”
“We’ve heard of conversion of temporary staff of political assistants and some of the staff you took on into permanent public servants. We’ve heard of award of new contracts after the results of the election has been announced on the 9th of December.”
“We’ve heard of procurement and sale of national assets after the results. We do not want to believe that these allegations are true. I personally, I don’t and therefore I’m asking my colleague the Chief of Staff that after the election ,and the result has been declared and the change is not from the government handing over to itself, we need to be cautious, we need to be transparent, we need to be candid and we need to be factual.”
“I’m therefore appealing to our colleagues that within this period, if there is anything that needs to be done, consultation have to be brought on-board. Consultation meaning that the Office of the President-elect is there, and if there is need for an agreement to be concluded, it is only fair and it is international convention that you bring in the in-waiting government, discuss and get the green-light,” Mr Osafo Maafo said at the meeting.
He indicated that the in-coming government will probe the allegations.
On his part, the out-going government’s Chief of Staff, Mr Julius Debrah said the handing over notes were ready.
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