{"id":4543,"date":"2025-01-17T06:09:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T06:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/?p=4543"},"modified":"2025-01-17T06:09:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T06:09:50","slug":"president-announces-dissolution-of-statutory-boards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/2025\/01\/17\/president-announces-dissolution-of-statutory-boards\/","title":{"rendered":"President Announces Dissolution of Statutory Boards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President John Mahama has formally announced the dissolution of statutory boards, as required by Section 14 (1) of the Presidential (Transition) Act, 2012 (Act 845). This move affects board members appointed by the former president, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kwami Sefa Kayi: Board member of the National Petroleum Authority<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elizabeth Ohene: Board chair of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stephen Ayesu Ntim: Board chair of the National Petroleum Authority<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kwaku Sakyi Addo: Board chair of the Minerals Development Fund<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kwame Baffoe: Board member of the Tema Oil Refinery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paul Adom Otchere: Board member of the Ghana Airport Company Limited<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Act 845, individuals appointed by the former president will lose their positions due to the change in presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, it&#8217;s worth noting that this directive only applies to statutory bodies and does not affect state-owned enterprises set up for commercial ventures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Announces Dissolution of Statutory Boards<\/p>\n<p>President John Mahama has formally announced the dissolution of statutory boards, as required by Section 14 (1) of the Presidential (Transition) Act, 2012 (Act 845). This move affects board members appointed by the former president, including:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Kwami Sefa Kayi: Board member of the National Petroleum Authority<br \/>\n&#8211; Elizabeth Ohene: Board chair of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Stephen Ayesu Ntim: Board chair of the National Petroleum Authority<br \/>\n&#8211; Kwaku Sakyi Addo: Board chair of the Minerals Development Fund<br \/>\n&#8211; Kwame Baffoe: Board member of the Tema Oil Refinery<br \/>\n&#8211; Paul Adom Otchere: Board member of the Ghana Airport Company Limited<\/p>\n<p>According to Act 845, individuals appointed by the former president will lose their positions due to the change in presidency. <\/p>\n<p>However, it&#8217;s worth noting that this directive only applies to statutory bodies and does not affect state-owned enterprises set up for commercial ventures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4546,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4547,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4543\/revisions\/4547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}