The Government side and President-elect John Mahama's side on the Joint Transition Team is in disagreement over whether or not some payments and recruitments should be referred to the team for consideration.
While Felix Kwakye Ofosu, spokesperson for the Mahama Transition Team thinks that such last-minute decisions were to be subjected to the consideration of the team, Fatima Abubakar, the Minister for Information, said no such resolution has been reached. "At the second meeting of the Joint Transition Team, held on Friday, December 13, 2024, it was agreed that all ongoing significant payments, recruitments, and other such activities must be submitted to the Transition Team for consideration on case-by-case basis," Mr Ofosu said in a statement.
He explained in the statement dated December 13, 2024 that doing this would bring clarity to status of the payments and recruitments and offer an amicable structure to satisfactorily address the issues involved. "All public officials are, therefore, strongly encouraged to comply without fail and resist any undue pressures," the statement cautioned.
But the Minister for Information has dismissed the claims of the John Mahama Team.
