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The Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery has admonished Prison Officers to ensure a crime-free and secured society. Additionally, the officers are expected to step-up their game to ensure that the prisons do not become the target of lawless individuals in the system. This came to light at the graduation parade and commission of Officer Cadet intake 24 into the Senior Officer Corps of the Ghana Prisons Service held in Accra on March, 25, 2018 at the Ghana Prisons Training School. According the Minister, the Service had made significant strides in transforming its operations by going beyond the...

Mr. Ambrose Dery, Minister for the Interior this afternoon Commissioned the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) Clinic. The Clinic which is located on the Ghana Immigration Service head office’s premises will serve GIS personnel for free with the hope of offering same to their relations in the near future. It will also render services to retired Immigration Officers. The Commissioning was tired in with the 2017 Thanksgiving Service of the GIS held in Accra on Friday March 23, 2018. Addressing the personnel, Mr. Dery reiterated government’s commitment to revamping and reequipping the Ghana Immigration Service especially the Border Patrol Unit...

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 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...