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The Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has charged the Prisons Council to help government in finding ways to improve conditions within our prisons to meet the changing trends of prison philosophy. He indicated that, the prison facilities in the country were not in the best of condition to offer the current demand of modern prison as a place of reform, rehabilitation and re-integration and not for just custody. Vice President Bawumia made the appeal after he had sworn in a 13-Member Ghana Prisons Service Council in Accra. Addressing the Council, Vice President...

The Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery on Monday, July 10, 2017, sworn the Members of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) Council into office. The Eleven Member Council which has Hon. Seth Kwame Acheampong as the chairman is expected amongst other things, to devise ingenious ways of raising and generating revenue to supplement the efforts of government Addressing the Council, Mr. Abrose Dery, tasked them to bring their expertise and experience from their diverse field of work to bear on the Council. According to the Minister, there is the need for the Ghana National Fire Service to...

The Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery has revealed that Ghana is home to nearly fourteen thousand (14,000) refugees who have escaped from ravages of war in the home countries of Liberia, Togo, Sudan, Cote D’Ivoire amongst others. He has therefore called for the need to tackle the root causes of refugee problems in the sub-region in particular and the Continent as a whole. The Minister made these statements during the inauguration of the Eleven- Member Ghana Refugee Board in Accra on Monday, July 10, 2017. Addressing members of the Board, Mr. Ambrose Dery indicated, refugee matters have...

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Thursday, July 6, 2017, swore into office the members of the Police Council, which is chaired by the Vice President of Republic, Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. According to President Akufo-Addo, the Police Council is one of the most important organs of the State, and, as such “I am counting on you, its members, to give me strong, independent advice in the maintenance of law and order in the country.” The Police Council, as set out in Article 203, is mandated to advise the President on matters of policy relating...