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The Managing Director of Barclays Bank Ghana Limited, Mrs. Abena Osei-Poku has called on Minister for the Interior to explore areas of collaboration between the two institutions. The issues discussed at the meeting, included asset acquisition for security agencies and financing options, ie provision of vehicles through lease, border security management as well as revenue mobilization through the introduction of innovative solutions. Mr. Ambrose Dery, Minister for the Interior commended her management for the initiative. “This is innovative and the kind of banking we are looking forward to” he said. He reiterated that, the success of the His Excellency,...

Government intervention programmes which have been put in place have helped to ensure a decline in the number of illegal Ghanaian migrants to European countries. This was made known by the Chief Director of the Ministry of The Interior, Mrs. Adelaide Anno-Kumi during the Ghana – EU Dialogue on Migration, held on Wednesday, 16th January 2019, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration. Mrs. Adelaide Anno-Kumi stated that programmes such as the “One district One Factory”, “One Village One Dam”, “Planting for Food and Jobs”, “Free Senior High School’’, “Nation Builders Corps”, among others have helped to create...

A five-day workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction has begun in Accra. The workshop, which is under the theme ‘Building Disaster Resilience to Natural Hazards in Ghana’ is an indication of Ghana’s commitment to the priority areas of the Sendai Framework,  and particularly to priority 3 which requires countries to invest in disaster risk reduction for resilience. Addressing participants and other stakeholders at the opening ceremony on Monday, 19th November, 2018,  Mr. Ambrose Dery, Minister for the Interior said Ghana is committed to implementing the priority areas of the Sendai Framework.  “In consonance with, priority three which requires nations to...

The Deputy Minister for the Interior, Hon. Henry Quartey, has sworn in a thirteen member Greater Accra Peace Council with a charge to establish and strengthen collaboration with security agencies, governance institutions, traditional authorities, civil society organisations, especially faith-based organisations to facilitate the attainment of sustainable peace in the country. The Minister alluded that Regional Peace Councils are essential in conflict resolution since most conflicts are local in nature, thus requiring local early warning mechanisms as well as local human and material resources to promptly respond to the conflicts. According to the Minister, The task of peacebuilding is a...