President John Dramani Mahama has appointed Dr Alhassan Iddrisu as Acting Government Statistician pend­ing consultations with the Council State.

Dr Alhassan replaces Professor Samuel K.

Annim.

A statement issued by the Spokesperson to the President and Minister, Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, and copied to The Ghanaian Times in Accra yesterday, said Dr Alhassan Iddrisu is a sea­soned economist and accomplished public sector leader with a distinguished career in Ghana's Ministry of Finance.