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The Annual Coordination Meeting of the Economic of West African States (ECOWAS) National Commission on Small Arms opened today Wednesday 17th November, 2021 in Accra to discuss and review ECOWAS Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons. Addressing the meeting on behalf of the Minister for the Interior, the Chief Director for the Ministry of the Interior, Mrs. Addelaide Anno-Kumi, said peace, security and development remain the three most important priorities of the ECOWAS Region and must ensure that necessary measures are put in place to sustain that. She noted that the security landscape within the Region has changed...

Ghana’s Minister for the Interior, Hon. Ambrose Dery has urged His Excellency the Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Ibas Ibok-Ete Ekwe, to work together as one people to ensure peace and security in the sub-Region. He said peace and security are very paramount to the development of any nation and therefore, there is the need to ensure peace, security and safety of the citizens because as ECOWAS countries anything that affects one country affects all. The Hon. Minister said this when His Excellency the Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Ibas Ibok-Ete Ekwe paid a courtesy call on him at...

Her Excellency the British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson called on the Minister for the Interior, Hon. Ambrose Dery at his office in Accra.  The visit was to introduce herself to the Minister and discuss issues of bilateral relations between the two countries and how to collaborate in the area of security and other areas of importance for economic development. Hon. Ambrose Dery gave her a warm welcome as the first female British High Commissioner to Ghana and expressed his gratitude for the visit. He said Ghana and United Kingdom (UK) has a special relationship which must be...

The Hon. Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery today joined H.E. the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, Ministers of State, Members of Parliament, Diplomatic Corps, Security Services, Chiefs and some officials for the 76th Reembrace Day Service at the Christiansburg Commonwealth Cemetery at Osu in Accra. Remembrance Day falls on 11th November of each year to remember those who sacrifice their lives in World War 1 and 2 for the peace Ghana is enjoying today as a country. The officiating clergy, Capt. Nketia-Yamoah, prayed for peace for the world and the souls of the departed. In...

His Excellency, the Vice-President of the Republic of Ghana, Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia inaugurated a 13-member Governing Council of the Ghana Prisons Service (GPS) at the Ministry of the Interior.  The Council, which is the 8th Governing Council of the Ghana Prisons Service is mandated by the 1992 Constitution to advise the President on matters of policy relating to the management and maintenance of the prison system of Ghana. Addressing the Council, H.E. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia stated that the government is making efforts to reposition the GPS as an excellent centre of reformation and rehabilitation in line with the...

The Minister for the Interior, Hon. Ambrose Dery, opened a 3-day Regional Conference on International Cooperation on Border Management and Security in Accra aimed at discussing issues related to border management and security in the cross-border areas of Ghana with Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire and Togo. Addressing the conference, Hon. Ambrose Dery called for comprehensively streamlining efforts to effectively facilitate the movement of goods and people at the same time maintaining peace and security. ‘This conference is an affirmation of the value of international partnership, the value of working together as governments of neighbouring countries, security services and as...