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Five Hundred and Seventeen (517) recruits of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) on Friday, June 4, 2021 have passed out after undergoing three (3) months of intensive tuition, practical attachment and training in vital areas of fire prevention and management at the Fire Academy and Training School in Accra. The recruits were taken through lessons in fire science operation, fire safety, first Aid, foot drills, and physical training to meet fire prevention and management standards. Chief Director of the Ministry of the Interior, Mrs. Adelaide Anno-Kumi, who was also the Reviewing Officer at the ceremony reiterated Government’s commitment...

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has issued a number of directives to Ministries, Departments and Agencies in response to a report compiled by a committee of experts tasked to assess the country’s state of preparedness for the occurrence of earthquakes. Speaking at a stakeholders’ conference organised by the Ministry of Interior, on Thursday, 8th April 2021, at Tang Palace, President Akufo-Addo noted that the series of earth tremors experienced by the country in recent times, coupled with the confirmation that Ghana is susceptible to earthquakes along the southern belt and the Akwapim-Togo range, resulted in...

The Czech Republic through its Embassy in Ghana has donated five multi-purpose state of the arts hospital beds to the Ministry of the Interior for the use of the Ghana Police Service. According to the Ambassador, H.E. Ján Füry, the gesture is to help the Ghana Police Service to treat personnel should the need arise. He said it was also to symbolize the friendship and cooperation between the people of the Republic of Ghana and Czech Republic. “We believe that as you need good fire arms, fighting the privates, the criminals and the terrorist, you also need good medical...

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...

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...