President John Dramani Mahama has charged the newly constituted Council of State to prove those who question their relevance in the current democratic dispensation wrong.
At the swearing in of the Council at the Presidency in Accra on Tuesday, President Mahama said the new Council has a golden opportunity to purge itself of criticisms it has faced in recent times by living beyond reproach. "In recent times, the Council of State has come under criticism from an expectant public who perceive their work as unsatisfactory and merely one designed to rubber stamp executive decisions. •President Mahama (inset) swearing in the Council of State members "Some have even questioned the very relevance of the Council of State and called for it to be scrapped.
I hold out hope that your tenure may convince those who may doubt your functional necessity about your importance and put to rest any such perceptions," President said.
The 31-member Council, chaired by a former Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho, is to counsel the President in the performance of his functions as provided for in Article 89(1) of the 1992 Constitution.
