HUMAN TRAFFICKING NEGATIVELY AFFECTING GHANA'S IMAGE-INTERIOR MINISTER

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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 who are lured out of the country, are subjected to inhuman treatment. 

As a means of effectively tackling the menace, the Interior Ministry has constituted an Inter Ministerial Committee that involves the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the appointment of a National Coordinator to properly coordinate all activities and programmes aimed at addressing the problem. 

Mr. Bani expressed the concern while addressing senior police officers in the Ashanti region in Kumasi at the start of his two-day working visit to departments and agencies under his Ministry in the Ashanti region. 

His first port of call was the Ashanti regional Police headquarters where a guard of honour was mounted for him. 

Mr. Bani asked the Anti Human Trafficking Unit of the Ghana Police Service to up its operations at intelligence gathering to conclusively prosecute all cases that they arrest. 

The Minister noted that even though general crime wave in the country is currently under control, the Police Service should not allow communities and individuals to dictate the pace of security in society. 

Mr. Bani assured the Police Service of the government’s determination to support them with human resource through the ongoing recruitment and also logistics to enable them to secure the country before, during and after the upcoming elections saying that the national elections should not be used to compromise the prevailing national security. 

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

Dr. Kudalor admitted that the increase in the number of Polling Centres from 26 thousand to 29 thousand by the Electoral Commission for this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections has brought additional challenge to  the Ghana Police Service  as it has had to re-strategize to ensure that the polls are conducted in a peaceful atmosphere. 

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

 Notwithstanding, the Command has made an appreciable gain in crime combat. The Interior Minister is being accompanied by the Chief Director of the Ministry, IGP and Deputy Chief Fire Officer. 

He inspected the Suame Police Divisional offices where the Police has entered into a public-private partnership with a private investor to build residential accommodation for police officers and an office for the Suame District Police. 

A similar project is ongoing at the Oforikrom Police station.

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