President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has named 11 members to serve on the Council of State for his second term in office.

A statement from the Presidency, endorsed by the Director of Communications, Mr Eugene Arhin, indicates that the appointments were pursuant to Article 89(2) of the 1992 Constitution.

According to the communique, four ex officio members were named after consultations with Parliament.

Below are names of the following appointees:
Nana Otuo Siriboe II, the Juabenhene; Archbishop Justice Ofei Akrofi, Mr Sam Okudzeto, Alhaji Sule Yiremiah and Mr Stanley Adjiri Blankson.

The rest are Prof. Ato Essuman, Alhaji Aminu Amadu, Dr Margaret Amoakohene, Mrs Georgina Kusi, Mrs Alberta Cudjoe and Kuoro Richard Babini Kanton VI.

The press statement further added that, President Akufo-Addo had, in accordance with Article 89 and subject to consultation with Parliament, also appointed a former Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood; a former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces, Lt Gen. J.B. Danquah, and a former Inspector-General of Police, Nana Owusu Nsiah, to the council.

It further said the composition of the council would be complete with the election, due to be held on February 12, 2021, of regional representatives, in accordance with Article 89(2)(c).