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| Interior Minister, Kwesi Ahwoi |
The Northern Region, undoubtedly the largest region
in Ghana in terms of land size and the most conflict prone area in the entire country
currently, is said to have a police-civilian ratio of 1:2,755, a situation described
by the Regional Police Command as very scary.
According to
Assistant Commissioner of Police Appia-gyei who is also the Deputy Regional
Police Commander, the current numerical strength of police personnel in the
region stood at 900, and these include senior police officers and constables on
practical attachment.
Delivering a
speech on behalf of the outgoing Regional Police Commander Deputy Commissioner
of Police George Tuffour at this year’s West Africa Security Service
Association (WASSA) get together in Tamale, ACP Appia-gyei said: “In relation
to the population of the Northern Region which is given as 2, 479, 461 [per the
2010 Population and Housing Census] then statistically the police-civilian
ratio is 1:2,755.”
The scenario
given above, he said, was very scary in terms of performance of the command’s
mandatory obligation in fighting crime as well as maintaining law and order and
called for the combined and collaborative effort of everyone to achieve its
targets, pledging that personnel would uphold high professionalism devoid of
behavioural tendencies that tend to dent the hard earned image of the Police Administration.
ACP Appia-gyei
confirmed that the region was faced with a number of security challenges such
as chieftaincy and communal conflicts, armed robbery and others, saying “if we
do away with complacency, we would be able to curb these social cankers and be
on top of the situation”.
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| IGP Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan |
But in 2012, the
region recorded 2,149 crime cases with an increase of 389 cases [17.73 percent]
from the 2011 cases of 1,768. Also, motor accidents and traffic offences recorded
during the same period were 192 compared to 2011 which were 293, a decrease of
34.47 percent.
ACP Appia-gyei
on behalf of the Regional Police Command expressed appreciation to the military
that had always collaborated with them to ensure peace and tranquility, citing
for instance Yendi and Bunkpurugu-Yunyoo Districts where personnel from both
institutions were on peacekeeping mission there.
The Deputy
Northern Regional Police Commander further congratulated officers and men in
the region for their selfless devotion to work that had brought honour to the
service and hoped that, the occasion would gird their loins for the challenges
ahead and deal with them assiduously.
The outgoing
Northern Regional Police Commander DCOP George Tuffour on his part urged
personnel to continue to be disciplined and work hard to ensure the mandate of
the command was achieved.
He thanked
colleagues of the Regional Security Council for their support and asked them to
extend the same support to anyone who would be posted to the region when is
gone.
WASSA was an
annual event organized by soldiers of the Second World War. Those who returned
felt there was the need to organise an event in memory of their colleagues who
lost their lives during the war and also to celebrate victories/successes that
were chalked.
Thus, it has now
become necessary for all security services to today to embrace this annual
event to ease fatigue after a year of assiduous service and for the
commemoration of departed and living heroes/heroines.
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