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A joint United Nations (UN) and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) high level delegation on Thursday, October 29, 2020, called on the Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery at his office in Accra ahead of the December 7, Presidential and Parliamentary elections. The delegation, which is on election mission to Ghana, had Dr. Ibn Chambers, Special representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) for West Africa and the Sahel and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), H.E. Gana Wakil, ECOWAS Resident Representative in Ghana and Charles Abani, UN resident...

The Czech Republic through its Embassy in Ghana has donated five multi-purpose state of the arts hospital beds to the Ministry of the Interior for the use of the Ghana Police Service. According to the Ambassador, H.E. Ján Füry, the gesture is to help the Ghana Police Service to treat personnel should the need arise. He said it was also to symbolize the friendship and cooperation between the people of the Republic of Ghana and Czech Republic. “We believe that as you need good fire arms, fighting the privates, the criminals and the terrorist, you also need good medical...

Svani Group Ltd, a private company that deals in vehicles on Monday, October 19, 2020 donated four (4) vehicles valued at GHC600,000 to the Ministry of the Interior for use by the Ghana Police Service. The vehicles i.e (2 Renault Duster SUV 4×4 and 2 Geely Saloon cars) are to aid the Ghana Police Service in its 2020 election activities. Presenting the Vehicles to the Minister for the Interior, the Group Chief Executive of Svani Group Limited, Mr. Thomas Suanikier,said it was to show their appreciation to the Ghana Police Service and for that matter, government for its efforts...

The Chief Director for the Ministry of the Interior, Mrs. Adelaide Anno-Kumi, on Wednesday, October 8, 2020, received the “Nathan Quao Leadership Award, 2020”, which was organized by the Civil and Local Government Service Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) in Accra. She was amongst several other CLOGSAG members who were honoured at the 3rd Annual Nathan Quao Awards, 2020 for exhibiting key values and principles of the Services in Leadership, Integrity, Professionalism, Loyalty and Selflessness. Portions of the citation which was presented to her read; “…You have made a remarkable impact on the leadership ethos and have exceptionally exhibited the...

The Spanish government on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 donated vehicles, computers and other equipment to the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) and the Ghana Police Service (GPS) to boost their operations. The donation was to support the government of Ghana to manage irregular migration and other cross-border crimes. The Spanish Ambassador to Ghana, Alicia Rico Perez del Pulgar, who presented the items noted that the fight against irregular migration and transnational organized crime required collective effort as it was a transnational challenge that needed to be tackled by countries of origin, transit and destination. She described the donation as a...

The Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery on Thursday, 20th August, 2020 commissioned a new four-storey office complex for the Cantonment Divisional Police headquarters in Accra. The multifaceted building is to house the Cantonments Police Station which comprise of the Divisional and District Police Commands and the Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) offices as part of government’s effort to resolve the logistic constraints of the Ghana Police Service. Mr. Ambrose Dery, stated that government was determined in partnering with appropriate stakeholders in solving the accommodation and logistical constraints of the security services. “Since coming into office, government...