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Twenty Fire officers drawn from across the 10 Regions of Ghana are scheduled to undergo an eight-day capacity building training programme in Malta from February 18, 2018. The training, which is the first of its kind for the Ghana National Fire Service since 1993, is expected to enhance the capacities of the personnel in modernization of the service as part of the transformational agenda being pursued by the service. At a farewell ceremony for the personnel in Accra on Friday, February 17, 2018, the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery implored the personnel to make the most out of the training....

President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo has revealed that his administration would provide the police with the resources they need to execute their job. To this effect, an initial amount of 800 million cedis is being made available to procure logistics and equipment to support and enhance the capacity of the police in enforcing law and order within the next 6 months. These were made known by President Akufo-Addo during the 2018 State of the Nation Address held in Parliament on Thursday, February 8, 2018. According to the President, the equipment which would include, one thousand (1,000) vehicles, motorbikes, and...

The Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery has commended the Ghana National Fire service (GNFS) for reduction in fire outbreaks. According to the Minister, the 41 percentage reduction in 2017 from 2016 outbreaks is as result of the intensification of fire safety education campaign. The Minister said these at the End- of- Year Get-together of the GNFS held on Friday, January 12, 2018 at the GNFS Headquarters in Accra. “In 2016, this country recorded a total of 6,981 fire outbreaks compared to the same period in 2017 which recorded 4, 544 fire outbreaks”, he explained. Mr. Dery noted...

The Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery, has called for the strengthening of collaboration amongst ECOWAS Member States to address issues of cross-border criminality. The Minister made the call on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at the opening ceremony of the 4-day Joint Introductory Judicial Training of Trainers Course on Cyber-crime and Electronic Evidence. According to him, Joint capacity building programmes, intelligence sharing among investigative agencies and judicial cooperation are areas that required commitment among ECOWAS nations to address regional cyber-crime challenges. He further advocated for the enforcement of the provisions of the ECOWAS Directive on cyber-crimes (Directive C/DIR/1/08/11...

In consonance with President Akufo-Addo’s governance style of touching base with the citizenry, the Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery, together with the Deputy Interior Minister and some officials from the Ministry of the Interior have undertaken familiarization tours to the Western and Central Regions to see at first hand challenges facing Agencies under the Ministry in those regions. The tour was also to commend them for their professionalism and dedication to hard work despite the challenges confronting them. The two Regional tours were undertaken between October 9 to 11, 2017 and October 31st to 1st November, 2017...