IGP commends Ashanti Regional Police Command 

The Minister for the Interior, Prosper Bani, has expressed serious concerns about current state of human trafficking across the borders of Ghana which he says, is negatively affecting the image of the country. 

According to him, the victims who are mostly females lured out of the country, are subjected to inhuman treatment.

To tackle the menace, the Interior Ministry has constituted an Inter-Ministerial Committee that involves the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a national coordinator to properly coordinate all activities and programmes aimed at addressing the problem. 

Mr. Bani also asked the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Police Service to up its operations at intelligence gathering that can ensure conclusive prosecution of all cases of crime particularly human trafficking. 

Mr. Bani was addressing senior police officers of the Ashanti Regional Police Command in Kumasi at the start of a two-day working tour of the security agencies under his ministry. 

Mr. Bani noted that even though the general crime rate in Ghana is currently under control, the Police Service should not allow communities and individuals to dictate the security in the society. 

He assured the Police Service of government's determination to support the service with the required human resource via recruitment as well as the logistics to enable them to secure the country before, during and after the general elections saying that Ghanaians should not compromise the prevailing national peace and security.

The Inspector General of Police, John Kudalor, commended the Ashanti Regional Police Command for stamping its authority on security in the region particularly in the regional capital in the face of sporadic violent crimes. 

Mr. Kudalor admitted that the increase in the number of polling centres by the Electoral Commission from 26 thousand to 29 thousand for this year's elections has brought additional challenge to the Police Service as it has had to re-strategise to ensure that polls are conducted in a peaceful atmosphere.

The Deputy Ashanti Regional Police Commander, ACP Ampofo Duku, noted that, the staff strength of the Command has reduced significantly as a result of the stalled recruitment since 2012.

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