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Nana Addo names security capos
Brigadier Gen. Emmanuel Okyere has been named as the National Security advisor.
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Nana Akufo-Addo at a press conference from his Nima residence to name his administrative staff and other appointments that will take effect from January 7, 2017.
Joshua Kyeremeh former head of the Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) has also be named as the National Security Coordinator.
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Albert Kan Dapaah
Mr Kan-Dapaah has held several positions in private firms and public institutions since 1978. He was an Audit Senior with Pannel Kerr Forster, a chartered accounting firm and was transferred to its Monrovia and London offices between 1978 and 1986.
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (U.K.) and Member of the Ghana Institute of Chartered Accountants.
In January 1987, he was the Head of Audit, Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT).
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He joined the Electricity of Company Ghana as Director of Audit in September 1987 and rose to become the Director of Finance , a position that he occupied for six years.
Mr Kan-Dapaah is also a partner of the Kwesie, Kan-Dapaah and Baah Co., a firm of Chartered Accountants in Accra as well as the managing Consultant of Kan-Dapaah and Associates, a utility consultancy support group.
In 1996, he was elected as the President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana, as well as the Vice-President, Association of Accountancy Bodies in West Africa.
Brigadier Gen. Emmanuel Okyere
On 7th October, 2003, Colonel Emmanuel Okyere was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General. Currently the Defense, Military, Naval and Air Attach at the Embassy of Ghana in Washington, DC and Defense Advisor to the Ghana Mission in Canada, Brigadier General Okyere began his long career in the Ghanaian army in 1973.
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He has since held several positions in the military, peacekeeping, and Civil Sectors, including Assistant Commandant at the Ghana Armed Forces and Staff College (1999 – 2001), Senior Operations Officer at Headquarters of the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon from 1995 to 1996.
Colonel Okyere is the recipient of various distinguished awards, including the Sword of Honour (Ghana), the MacManus Award (Canada), the Tie of Merit (Nigeria) and the Thomas Jefferson Writing Excellence Award (USA) as well as a number of peacekeeping medals.
Col Okyere has participated in the Africa Center’s West Africa Ministerial Symposium deliberations and consultative meetings, and was a senior rapporteur during the seminar in July 2003.
Joshua Kyeremeh
Joshua Kyeremeh is a product of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and a former Director of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI).
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He worked at the BNI for about 22 years, where he served at command levels in the Northern, Upper East, Ashanti and Greater Accra Regions.
He also served as head of the Investigations Unit of the Bureau. He rose to become the Deputy Director BNI and ultimately, the Director BNI from 2005 to 2009.
Other appointees named by Nana Addo include;
• Chief of Staff – Frema Osei Opare• Secretary to the president – Nana Asante Bediatuo• Frances Asenso Boakye – Deputy chief of staff• Samuel Abu Jinapor – Deputy chief of staff• Hassan Ahmed – Director of State Protocol• Eugene Arhin – Director of Communications• Lord Commey – Director of Planning/Operations• Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Okyere – National Security Advisor• Joshua Kyeremeh (former BNI boss) – National Security Coordinator• Albert Kan-Dapaah – Minister-designate for National Security
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