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Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. I have come to your homes, once again, as promised, on the matter which continues to grip not only the attention of the nation, but also of the entire world – the Coronavirus pandemic. At the time of my last broadcast, some six (6) days ago, Ghana had recorded twenty-one (21) confirmed cases of infections, with virtually all the cases being imported. I took the step to close all our borders, and I ordered a mandatory quarantine and testing of all the one thousand and thirty (1,030) persons who arrived at the airport at the...

A Workshop aimed at operationalizing the Guideline for the Assessment of the Implementation of ECOWAS Protocols on the Movement of Persons by Member States begun in Accra on Monday, March 9, 2020. The 3 day Workshop which had participants drawn from the labour and immigration sectors of Member States was also to enhance the capacity of law enforcement and ally agencies of Member States to effectively implement the Protocols on Free Movement of Person,  the Right of Residence and Establishment. Mr. Ambrose Dery, Minister for the Interior, in a speech read on his behalf by Mrs. Adelaide Anno-Kumi, Chief Director...

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 Government has assured the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) that by the middle of 2020 its regulation will be transformed into a Legislative Instrument (LI) to better position it for service delivery. Mr Ambrose Dery, the Minister of the Interior, who gave the assurance, said the LI would provide for allowances, which would serve as motivation to propel officers to work even harder. The Minister said this at the end-of-year party of the GNFS in Accra. He said government was aware of some challenges the Service encountered in the discharge of its constitutional mandate of saving lives and...

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, 27th November, 2019, conferred Ghanaian citizenship on 126 Diasporans, who have lived in Ghana for many years. Speaking after the conferment ceremony, President Akufo-Addo stated that “I am glad you have decided to make Ghana your home, and thereby, join several generations of Diasporans, who committed their lives to us.” He noted that several persons, including the likes of George Padmore, Bob Marley’s widow, Rita, Maya Angelou, and W.E.B du Bois all found homes in Ghana, with the latter buried in the country. With the ceremony being part...