The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo 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.
This follows the death of Mr. Joshua Kyeremeh who until his death was the substantive National Security Co-ordinator. He passed away Monday, January 18, 2021.
According to the presidency, arrangements for his funeral will be announced in due course.
In a statement issued by the presidency, “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.”
Mr. Eugene Arhin, who speaks for the Presidency posted on Facebook. Mr. Kyeremeh died Monday morning [Jan 18, 2021] at the Ga East Municipal Hospital, following a short illness.
As a politician and an administrator, he was a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and was one of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s first appointees in 2017 during his first term. As an intelligence professional, he had been holding the position of National Security Coordinator since 2017.
Before then, he worked at the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), now known as National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) for over 22 years.
He rose through the ranks, served as head of the Investigations Unit of the Bureau and rose to become the Deputy Director BNI and ultimately, the Director BNI from 2005 to 2009.
At command levels, Mr. Kyeremeh served in the Northern, Upper East, Ashanti and Greater Accra Regions. He was part of the transition team after the December 7, 2020 elections.
