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The Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery on Thursday, 20th May, 2021 opened the National Police Command Conference 2021 at Royal Senchi Hotel in the Easter Region. The theme for the Conference is “The Role of Leadership in Preventing Violent Crimes and Promoting Community Safety”. The National Police Command Conference (NAPOCC) is a meeting of Senior members of the Police Service. These are members of the Police Management Board (POMAB), Regional Police Commanders ans selected Directors at the National Police Headquarters Formation. NAPOCC, however, discusses security issues confronting each Police Region; considering the their administration, operations and investigation...

Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery (MP) on 11th May, 2021 commissioned a 300-bed Prison Camp in Ejura in the Ashanti Region. The facility was funded and built by the Church of Pentecost Ghana with the Chiefs and people of Ejura providing the land for free. Mr. Dery in his statement stated that Government’s main interest and premium was to seeing offenders reformed, rehabilitated and add value to their lives as they return to the society as law abiding citizens. He reiterated Governments commitment to building the capacity and re-orienting the Prisons Service to deliver on its constitutional...

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has reiterated government’s commitment to continue its capacity building programme for the Ghana Prisons Service. Speaking at the graduation and commissioning of officers from the junior corps of the Prisons Service in Accra on Friday, Vice President Bawumia underscored the crucial role of the Prisons Service in the administration of justice in the country, and government’s continuous efforts to improve the capacity and welfare of the Service. Dr. Bawumia highlighted interventions the Akufo-Addo government has been making in the past four years towards improving the capacity of the Service, especially in expansion of...

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has issued a number of directives to Ministries, Departments and Agencies in response to a report compiled by a committee of experts tasked to assess the country’s state of preparedness for the occurrence of earthquakes. Speaking at a stakeholders’ conference organised by the Ministry of Interior, on Thursday, 8th April 2021, at Tang Palace, President Akufo-Addo noted that the series of earth tremors experienced by the country in recent times, coupled with the confirmation that Ghana is susceptible to earthquakes along the southern belt and the Akwapim-Togo range, resulted in...