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Speaking at a Validation Workshop on the final draft of the Community Service Bill in Accra, the Director of Finance and Administration of the Ministry of the Interior, Mrs Doreen Annan disclosed that Ghana will soon introduce Community Sentencing in its jurisprudence to aid legal justice in the country. According to her, the Bill, when passed into law, will not only strengthen the legal regime of the country but will assist, support, and promote reintegration and resettlement of offenders back into community life as currently reflected by international best practices. She explained that the term Community Sentence is an...

Speaking at the Official Launch of the 2023-2029 Strategic Plan of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) in Accra, the Hon. Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery assured of Government support and commitment to achieve the objectives of the Plan for effective Border Security Management in the country. The Minister expressed his optimism that the GIS seven-year Strategic Plan which aims at guiding GIS operations is in the right direction and that the Plan clearly outlined the strategies the Service would adopt in contributing to the realisation of its mandate in the next seven years. Hon. Ambrose Dery noted that...

The Ministry of the Interior (MINTER), organised a Sensitization programme for Staff on Services being rendered by the Ministry of the Interior at the MINTER Conference Room in Accra. The one-month-long sensitisation programme which will afford Schedule Officers to make presentations on the various Services being provided by the Ministry to the public, forms part of the Ministry’s Communication Strategy aimed at ensuring flow of information between the Ministry and the public. The Director of Finance and Administration of the Ministry, Mrs. Doreen Annan, who addressed the Staff during the meeting, noted that as ambassadors of the Ministry, there...

At the commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in Accra, the Minister for the Interior, Hon. Ambrose Dery urged Ghanaians to advocate for positive change wherever they find themselves in society. He noted that the tireless efforts made by non-governmental organisations such as the Catholic Relief Services have made an incredible impact and positive change in the Ghanaian society. He commended Catholic Relief Services for partnering the Ghana Refugee Board to support Burkinabe refugees fleeing violent extremism in their communities as well as working with the National Peace Council to improve trust between communities...

The Chief Director of the Ministry of the Interior, Mrs. Adelaide Anno-Kumi has asked security services to continue with their good work and keep the country safe for peace and development. She said keeping the country safe needs effective collaboration and exchange of information and intelligence among the Security Services to strategise to handle situations. Mrs. Anno-Kumi was speaking at the 2023 Mid-Year Sector Performance Review with Agencies under the Ministry of the Interior in Accra. She noted that security and safety of the country remains paramount to the Government and has been demonstrated by the increase in the...

The Chief Director of the Ministry of the Interior, Mrs. Adelaide Anno-Kumi, has stated that the Government has taken significant measures to strengthen border management, including resourcing the Ghana Immigration Service and other border management agencies, to improve the management of the borders through intelligence gathering and cooperation with neighbouring countries. She made this statement at the Border Management and Community Engagement Roundtable in Accra. The Chief Director asserted that although the borders are essential for trade, travel, and economic development, they also make Ghana vulnerable to transnational crime and terrorism. This has raised concerns in recent times over...