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Akufo-Addo appoints Major Gen. Francis Adu Amanfo (Rtd) as National Security Coordinator

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Major Gen. Francis Adu Amanfo (Rtd) as the substantive National Security Coordinator.
President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo (BBC)
President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo (BBC)

The President has also appointed Edward Kwaku Asomani as the Deputy National Security Coordinator.

According to a circular signed by Chief Director at the Ministry of National Security, Lt Col. Ababio Serebour (Rtd), the appointment took effect from Monday, 8 February 2021.

Major Gen. Francis Adu Amanfo (Rtd) replaces Joshua Kyeremeh who died from COVID-19 last month.

He reportedly passed at the Ga East Hospital in Accra from kidney complications while receiving treatment for COVID-19.

Kyeremeh was one of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s first appointees in 2017 during his first term.

The circular of Major Gen. Francis Adu Amanfo (Rtd) appointment is below

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