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The Minister for the Interior, Mr Ambrose Dery, has urged personnel of the Ghana Police Service not to allow the recent killings of their colleagues to demoralise them, but rather, inspire them to work hard to fulfil their constitutional mandate to the state. He also urged the officers of the Service to celebrate and honour their fallen compatriots as heroes and heroines who have died a worthy cause for their country. These admonishing were made by the Minister when he addressed personnel of the security services, particularly the police during his three- day working visit to the Bono and...

Directors of the Ministry of the Interior, Service Commanders and Heads of Agencies on Thursday,  August 8, 2019 met in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital for a two days workshop to review the sector’s 2019 Mid-Year Performance. The workshop, which had all Agencies and Directorates present was to afford  the  Ministry and it’s Agencies, the opportunity to reflect on their programmes and projects, financial commitments and outstanding commitments,  strategize on how to overcome the challenges encountered within the first half of the year (January to June 2019) and also discuss the way forward. It was also to enable the...

The Hon. Deputy Minister for the Interior, Mr. Henry Quartey on Thursday opened the Ghana Prisons Service 2019 Regional and Station Commanders conference in Accra. The conference themed, “Making Prison Enterprises Thrive: the Role of Commanders” had commanders from all the regional and district stations in the country converging in Accra to take stock of their operations and to find ways of bridging funding gaps in order to attain the transformational goals set out in the ten (10) year strategic plan of the Service. He noted that, despite the fact that the past few years have seen a significant...

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Thursday handed-over 109 vehicles to the Ghana Police Service to ramp up their logistical and operational needs and to ensure efficient policing. They comprised 16 buses, five towing vehicles, four water tankers, 50 pick-ups, five ambulances, 10 Toyota Landcruisers V8 and 19 Toyota Landcruiser Troopers. At a brief handing-over ceremony at the Police Headquarters in Accra, Vice President Bawumia said for any democratic nation to survive and thrive, it was prudent to equip the Police Service with the requisite logistics and equipment to maintain law and order. He said since 2017, the...

The Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery on Friday, May 31, 2019 commissioned a new Police Headquarters and Police Station for the  Asante Akim North District, Agogo. The building which has been constructed as part of efforts to improve security in the area would house the Divisional Headquarters, District Headquarters and a Police station. Hon. Ambrose Dery, Minister for the Interior noted, during the commissioning, that the new edifice was indicative of the development, collaboration could bring. He alluded, there was the need for more infrastructure and logistical support for the Police to ensure effective policing. “Security as...