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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 Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr James Oppong-Boanuh, has expressed appreciation to Government for meeting the wide-ranging logistical and other needs of the Ghana Police Service as they work to discharge their constitutional mandate. The provision of logistics and the implementation of a number of policies and programmes has not only increased the operational efficiency of the Service, IGP Oppong-Boanuh emphasises, but also boosted the morale of personnel. Mr James Oppong-Boanuh expressed the Service’s appreciation in a speech read on his behalf by Commissioner of Police (COP) Prosper K. Agblor, Director General in charge of Legal and Prosecutions,...

The European Union (EU) on February 6, 2020 launched a 5 million euro project to strengthen border security in Ghana at the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) head office in Accra. This four-year-project dubbed “Strengthening Border Security in Ghana” is aimed at improving border management and security in Ghana, by reducing irregular migration, human trafficking, the smuggling of goods and other cross-border crimes. It would also ensure greater security for citizens and visitors, while guaranteeing the respect for the rule of law and human rights standards by border management authorities. The project which has two components, would first focus on...

The Minister for the Interior, Mr Ambrose Dery, has stated that the government has no intention of moving officers of the Ghana Prisons Service and other security services under the ministry from the Cap 30 pension scheme. His statement comes on the back of media reports that the government had approved plans to migrate some security services on the Cap 30 salary scheme to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) pension scheme. The minister stated that those reports were unfounded as the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations had taken steps to maintain these security services on...