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Akufo-Addo Appoints Caretaker Ministers President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed caretaker ministers to hold the fort pending the substantive appointments. This follows the expiration of his first term and the commencement of his second four-year term on January 7, 2021. The action is in accordance with the Presidential Transition Act, 2012, (Act 845), to avoid gaps in the running of state affairs. Reliable sources from the Presidency said Mrs Akosua Frema Osei-Opare had been asked to act as the Chief of Staff, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta to act as Finance Minister, Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen as Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Dominic Nitiwul, as…