Kofi Boakye was named the Presidency’s Director of Security Operations.

Nathan Kofi Boakye, a former Commissioner of Police (COP), has been named Director of Security Operations at the Presidency by President John Mahama.

The president also appointed former interior minister Prosper Douglas Bani as his national security advisor. Abdul Osman-Razak, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), has been named National Security Coordinator, and Charles Kipo has been named Director-General of the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB).

The President feels that these significant appointments to the nation’s security apparatus show his commitment to ensuring both national security and the safety of all Ghanaians, said Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the acting spokesperson for the President, in a statement issued on Wednesday, January 15.

A temporary six-member security coordinating team led by former Chief of Defence Staff Lt. Gen. Peter Augustine Blay (RTD.), former Minister for National Security Kofi Totobi Quakyi, former National Security Coordinator Larry Gbevlo-Lartey Esq., and Brigadier General Fuseini Iddrissu (Rtd.) included Kofi Boakye and Prosper Bani prior to the President’s official inauguration.

Read the full statement issued from the Presidency below: