The work of the joint Transition team to ensure the smooth transfer of power from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is 80% complete, spokesperson of the transition team Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah has said.
The Presidential transition, which was established by an Act of Parliament, has President John Mahama and President-elect Nana Akufo Addo as co-chair with an advisory council team made up of the Speaker of Parliament Edward Doe-Adjaho, Dr Kwesi Botchwey and Professor Mike Ocquaye.
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Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah in an interview with Accra-based Citi FM said, "We are done with about 80 percent of everything we need to do."
We will brief the entire nation and we will be able to provide final details to every question that everybody may have and also provide channels through which, on a regular basis people can get information," he said.
He earlier said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has presented an interim report to the President-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo.
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Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah said, "the interim report that we have provided for the president-elect essentially cover the basic bits of information we have received currently and most importantly some national security briefings between himself and his representative on the team responsible for national security, Mr. Albert Kan Dapaah."
He noted that that the inaugural committee of the Transition team was putting final preparations for the day of the inauguration adding that about 6,000 guests are expected at the swearing-in ceremony of Nana Akufo-Addo come January 7, 2017.
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"We are going to brief the entire country through the media step by step on dignitaries who are coming, the itinerary for the day, how to get to the venue, what to look out for and how to satisfy the public interest in what is going to happen," he added.