Training ·
OAG 2024 Handing-Over training workshop
OAG trained the Office of Government Machinery on the 2024 Handing-Over Notes guidelines and template, to ensure a seamless transition and continuity in governance.
Read morePresidential (Transition) Act, 2012 · Act 845
Every state asset, accounted for.
Every transition, in order.
The Office of the Administrator-General keeps Ghana’s record of official assets and coordinates the orderly transfer of power from one administration to the next.
The transition, in three acts
Form OAG-1- I
Register
Every official vehicle, residence and office item, recorded against the person who holds it.
- II
Verify
Annual and ad-hoc checks at ministries, departments and agencies.
- III
Hand over
Notes and assets pass to the incoming administration, and nothing goes missing.
Our mission
Mission, vision and values
“To facilitate the orderly transfer of all official assets, properties and Handing-Over Notes from the appointees of an outgoing government to the incoming administration, by providing technical and professional support to the Transition Team through systems and procedures based on international best practice.”
Our vision
A smooth political transfer of administration from one elected President to the next, in a peaceful and stable democratic Ghana.
Core values
- Professionalism
- Political neutrality
- Transparency
- Accountability
- Tolerance and service
- Proactive leadership
- Unifier
02 · What we do
Four services, one purpose: continuity of government.
- 01
Asset and property register
We keep the national record of official assets held by political appointees and public institutions: vehicles, official residences and office property.
- Annual and ad-hoc inventory checks at MDAs
- Custody records for ministers, deputies, CEOs and DGs
- Recovery of assets at the end of an appointment
- 02
Handing-Over Notes
Under the Presidential (Transition) Act, 2012 (Act 845), we guide and coordinate how Handing-Over Notes are prepared and distributed.
- Guidelines and templates for MDAs, MMDAs, RCCs and ICBs
- Quality-assurance review of draft notes
- Delivery to the Transition Team through the Presidency
- 03
Transition coordination
We give technical and professional support to the Transition Team, so that power changes hands in an orderly way and nothing goes missing.
- Secretariat support to the Transition Team
- Training workshops for outgoing institutions
- Reconciliation of assets returned against assets issued
- 04
Presidential records
With PRAAD, we make sure that the records of activity at the Presidency are collated, formatted and stored as part of the nation's history.
- Presidential archives and documentation
- Records retention with PRAAD
- Access to records for researchers, on request
03 · The transition cycle
From guidelines to handing over, one election year at a time.
Election year · Q2
Guidelines issued
OAG publishes the Handing-Over Notes guidelines and templates and trains MDAs to use them.
Q3
Draft notes reviewed
Quality-assurance teams review the draft Handing-Over Notes at roundtable sessions.
Q4
Asset verification
Every appointee's vehicles, residences and office property are checked against the register.
Post-election
Transition Team
The Transition Team is constituted under Act 845 and OAG provides its secretariat.
7 January
Handing over
Notes and assets pass to the incoming administration, and outstanding items are recorded and recovered.
For officers · OAG Asset Registry
Ask the register a question. Get an exact number.
One national record of every official vehicle, residence and office item, searchable in plain English by ministry, region and rank. Inventory checks, transfers and handing-over run as tracked workflows, so the Office knows what each appointee holds before a transition begins.
Officer sign-in› How many SUVs are held by ministers in Greater Accra?
13
The register shows 13 SUVs held by ministers in the Greater Accra Region.
- Ministry of Justice and Attorney-General's Department3
- Ministry of Roads and Highways3
- Ministry of Finance2
- Ministry of Defence1
04 · A welcome from the Administrator-General
“We don’t take for granted the immense opportunity this website provides by allowing us to directly communicate with you.”
On behalf of the Office of the Administrator-General, it is my honour to welcome you. Please browse our content, share it with your networks, and write to us with your suggestions, questions and comments.
Mrs. Joyce Wereko-Ampim Opoku
Administrator-General
05 · News & updates
From the Office
Quality assurance ·
Roundtable conference on the 2024 draft Handing-Over Notes
From 10 to 15 September, OAG hosted a roundtable to review the quality-assurance teams' reports on the 2024 draft Handing-Over Notes.
Read more06 · Management
The management team
- Mrs. Joyce Wereko-Ampim Opoku
- Administrator-General
- Mr. Adabere Walter Adabre
- Ag. Director of Administration / Head, Research, Monitoring & Evaluation
- Mr. Salifu Megira
- Head of Accounts
- Mrs. Lydia Tiwaa Oware
- Head, Procurement Unit
- Ms. Hannah Awuah Yeboah
- Head, IT Unit
- Ms. Doris-Pearl Kakrabah
- Senior Private Secretary
07 · Get in touch
Write to the Office.
- Location
- The Christiansborg Castle, Osu, Accra, Ghana
- Digital address
- GA-147-0075
- Telephone
- +233 471 3913