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The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday, 26th October, 2018, presented 200 hundred Toyota Camry vehicles to the Ghana Police Service. This is in fulfilment of a pledge made when he commissioned the new Tesano Divisional Police Headquarters, earlier this year. Speaking at the presentation ceremony at the Police Headquarters, President Akufo-Addo indicated that his Government believes that the most essential things for a nation are the peace and safety of its people, and its territorial integrity. He stated that “It is when these are guaranteed that citizens can go about their normal lives in...

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reiterated the commitment of his Government to decongesting the prisons across the country. Speaking at the graduation ceremony of Officer Cadet Course Intake 25 of the Ghana Prisons Service, at the Prisons Officers Training School, on Thursday, 9th August, 2018, President Akufo-Addo noted that the country’s prisons, built to accommodate some 9,875 inmates, has been exceeded by some 48%. “Nsawam prisons, for example, was built to house eight hundred and fifty (850) persons. Its current occupancy stands at three thousand, four hundred and fifty (3,450) persons, of which two hundred...

The Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery, this morning commissioned a Smoke chamber at the Ghana National Fire Service Training school in Accra. The chamber which has been named after Hannah Yawson, a fire personnel who died during a simulation exercise by the GNFS at the cedi House is to enable fire fighters gain exposure in fighting fire within a confined space. Commissioning the chamber, Mr. Dery noted that a smoke chamber is one of the basic infrastructure for professional firefighting training and thus lauded the Fire Academy and Training School for striving to own one. He indicated...

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 President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured Ghanaians that he is determined to ensure that the open-border policy adopted by his government, since June 2017, will not undermine the economy.According to President Akufo-Addo, a fundamental part of Government’s strategy for growth has been to associate Ghana strongly with the process of regional and continental integration, adding that the measures his government has put in place should make Ghanaian businesses more competitive in West Africa, Africa and beyond. “It is for this reason that government has taken the decision to open all our borders to operate...