President John Dramani Mahama has announced plans to set up a committee early next year to implement the recommendations of the Constitution Review Committee.
Speaking after receiving the committee’s final report in Accra on Monday, December 22, President Mahama said some members of the committee would be invited to serve on the implementation panel to help transfer institutional knowledge into the process.
He emphasised that the government will first study the report carefully.
“I have handed it over to the legal council and the Attorney General. They will review it, and we will see how to synchronise our views,” President Mahama stated.
The Constitution Review Committee, chaired by Professor Henry Kwasi Prempeh, submitted its final report on Monday, December 22.
The committee recommended several reforms, including separating the executive from Parliament, extending the presidential term from four to five years, clarifying that the Constitution does not allow a third term for a President, and reorganising the Council of State to reflect its original 1969 structure.
Other proposals include reviewing the role of chiefs in local governance, improving appointment processes in the public sector, and reducing partisanship in state institutions and services.