When Akufo-Addo is not in Ghana, can he fire Adu Boahen? The Ablakwa

The MP implied in a tweet posted on November 14, 2022, that the president shouldn’t fire Adu Boahen because he is now abroad.

He continued by saying that the authority to remove government appointees rests with Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who is now serving as the acting president in Akufo-absence. Addo’s

According to my unquestionable tracking of President Akufo-Addo, he flew from Ghana to London on a private visit yesterday (Sunday, November 13, 2022).

Shouldn’t Acting President Bawumia be the one to fire the disgraced Charles Adu Boahen in light of the constitutional provision under Article 60(8), which has been further anchored by a Supreme Court ruling to the effect that whenever the President is absent from Ghana, the Vice President performs the functions of the President until the President returns?

“Can we be assured that Mr. Adu Boahen’s alleged dismissal by President Akufo-Addo today, which is anticipated to have “immediate effect” in accordance with a presidential announcement dated November 14, 2022, satisfies Ghana’s constitutional requirement?” read some of the MP’s tweet.