6,000 security personnel to be deployed for Nana Addo's swearing-in
The security personnel are to ensure general maintenance of law and order for the ceremonies.
Jonas Danquah 
The Ghana Police Service says some Six thousand security personnel will be deployed to parliament for the inauguration of President-elect Akufo-Addo.
There will also be the swearing-in of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and Members of the eighth Parliament on Thursday, January 7, 2021.
The Police in a statement said the security personnel drawn from the Ghana Police Service, the Ghana Armed Forces and allied security agencies will provide security to ensure the protection of lives and properties and general maintenance of law and order for the ceremonies.
The release also stated that all VVIPs who will be present at the ceremony would be provided "close protection as appropriate" as part of a "conducive security environment" at the inauguration.
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The statement further advised the public to stay away from the immediate vicinity of the following locations in Accra on January 6-7, 2021: the entire State House Complex, Accra International Conference Centre; Accra Sports Stadium and the Black Star Square.
The release said details of planned road closures in parts of Accra occasioned by the ceremonies would be made available to the public on January 5, 2021.
See full statement below
