{"id":44903,"date":"2025-01-15T16:34:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T16:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=44903"},"modified":"2025-01-15T16:34:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T16:34:50","slug":"mahama-names-kofi-boakye-prosper-bani-charles-kipo-in-new-security-appointments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2025\/01\/15\/mahama-names-kofi-boakye-prosper-bani-charles-kipo-in-new-security-appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama names Kofi Boakye, Prosper Bani, Charles Kipo in new security appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President John Dramani Mahama has announced a series of key security appointments aimed at strengthening national security and ensuring the safety of citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-dominant-color=\"928482\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #928482;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2025\/01\/IMG_9960-1-1024x609.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44905 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2025\/01\/IMG_9960-1-1024x609.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2025\/01\/IMG_9960-1-300x179.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2025\/01\/IMG_9960-1-768x457.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2025\/01\/IMG_9960-1-750x446.avif 750w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2025\/01\/IMG_9960-1-1140x678.avif 1140w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2025\/01\/IMG_9960-1.avif 1247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leading the appointments is&nbsp;<strong>Prosper Douglas Bani<\/strong>, who has been named&nbsp;<strong>National Security Advisor to the President<\/strong>. Mr. Bani, a former Chief of Staff and Minister for the Interior, brings extensive experience and expertise in governance and security to the role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DCOP Abdul-Osman Razak<\/strong>&nbsp;has been appointed&nbsp;<strong>National Security Coordinator<\/strong>, tasked with ensuring a cohesive and strategic approach to the country\u2019s security initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The President in a statement signed by Felix Ofosu Kwakye, acting Spokesperson to the President also named&nbsp;<strong>COP Nathan Kofi Boakye (Rtd.)<\/strong>&nbsp;as&nbsp;<strong>Director of Operations at the Presidency<\/strong>, where he will oversee operational effectiveness in security matters. COP Boakye is renowned for his decades of service and operational acumen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally,&nbsp;<strong>Charles Kipo<\/strong>&nbsp;has been appointed&nbsp;<strong>Director General of the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB)<\/strong>, a critical role that focuses on intelligence gathering and analysis to preempt security threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These appointments reflect the administration\u2019s dedication to maintaining national security and fostering trust among citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/security-changes-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1130162\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President John Dramani Mahama has announced a series of key security appointments aimed at strengthening national security and ensuring the safety of citizens. Leading the appointments is&nbsp;Prosper Douglas Bani, who has been named&nbsp;National Security Advisor to the President. Mr. Bani, a former Chief of Staff and Minister for the Interior, brings extensive experience and expertise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":44904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1],"tags":[887,11555,6257,192,1031,11708,130,7693,8295,7574,3805,5655,594],"class_list":["post-44903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news","tag-chief-of-staff","tag-citizens","tag-felix-ofosu-kwakye","tag-ghana","tag-john-dramani-mahama","tag-kofi-boakye","tag-mahama","tag-national-security","tag-nib","tag-presidency","tag-president","tag-security","tag-who"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44906,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44903\/revisions\/44906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}