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The Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery, has applauded the security agencies for the peace and security being enjoyed within the country and particularly in the Volta Region. He indicated that but for their efforts, it could have been a different issue and has thus appealed to them not to be complacent but strive to do more. Mr. Dery made this pronouncement during a -two tour of Agencies under the Ministry of the Interior in the Volta Region. He explained, the visit was to acquaint himself and assess the challenges facing the various agencies under his jurisdiction in...

The National Commission on Small Arms and its collaborating Agencies have been charged to intensify their effort in the collection and destruction of seized fire arms.   Weapons collection and destruction is one of the strategies for small arms control and management in any society. To this end, the Police, based on intelligence, retrieve and seize illicit arms periodically through cordon and search, special operations, etc and these weapons must be destroyed. Mr. Dery made the call in a speech read on his behalf at a ceremony held in Accra to destroy over two thousand, seven hundred  (2,700) illicit...

Gold Fields Ghana Limited has handed over a refurbished 60-bedroom barracks to the Tarkwa Divisional Police Command in the Western Region. The General Manager at the Tarkwa Mines  Stephen Osei-Bempah expressed confidence that the decent accommodation provided will motivate “our gallant men and women of the Ghana Police Service to do more in the challenging enterprise of fighting crime to ensure that, we the residents of Tarkwa and its environs would continue to enjoy the peace we are enjoying”. In his speech, the IGP David Asante-Apeatu said: “This is surely a relief not only to the personnel of the...

A Seven-Member delegation from Italy, led by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Interior, Mr. Matteo Salvini has called on the Minister for the Interior in Accra. The brief meeting centered on migration and other related issues between the two countries. Welcoming the delegation, Mr. Ambrose Dery, Minister for the Interior indicated that, the government of Ghana is committed to dealing with the factors underpinning illegal migration including unemployment.  “The only way to mitigate illegal migration is to stem the basic things which compel people to undertake such journeys and this is exactly what President Akufo-Addo is...