The Deputy National Security Co-ordinator, Opare Duncan, has been made acting National Security Co-ordinator boss until another appointment by President Nana Akufo-Addo.
This follows the death of National Security Coordinator, Joshua Kyeremeh on Monday morning.
Mr Kyeremeh is said to have passed at the Ga East Municipal Hospital in Accra following a short illness.
Mr Kyeremeh, according to sources, died of kidney complications at the hospital on Monday (18 January 2021), where he was receiving treatment for COVID-19.
Director of Communications at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin announced the appointment in a Facebook Post.
Mr Arhin also indicated Mr Kyeremeh’s funeral arrangements will be announced in due course and commiserated with the bereaved family.
“The National Security Co-ordinator, Mr Joshua Kyeremeh, passed away, sadly, on Monday, 18th January 2021. Arrangements for his funeral will be announced in due course,” he said.
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“The President has asked the Deputy National Security Co-ordinator, Mr Opare Duncan, to act as National Security Co-ordinator, pending the appointment of a substantive Co-ordinator. Our condolences and sympathies go to his widow and children. May God bless him, and let his soul rest in peace!” his post read.