GIS Comptroller General Visits North

By Rashid Mbugri, GNA

Tamale, August 2, GNA – Mr. Kwame Asuah Takyi,
Comptroller General of Immigration (CGI), has started a nine-day tour and
visit to some offices of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) and border posts
in the northern, western western and savannah regions.

This is to allow the CGI to gather
first-hand information on office and border activities and
learn about operational challenges in these areas.

The visit to the regions, planned to start
from July 30 to August 7, 2019, the CGI tour was approved and
unapproved roads along the borders with Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire and
Togo in these regions.

This was in a press release
issued by the GIS and signed by the Deputy Superintendent of Immigration,
Ms. Gifty Amgborme, GIS Public Relations Officer in the Ashanti Region, and
Copied for the Ghana News Agency in Tamale.

The statement said that the CGI tour was
necessary since the GIS deployed a second batch of trained border patrollers
Officers of "Operation Conquest Fist", underway to strengthen security
at the borders of the country to the north.

He said: "In all, about 25 identified places
border posts, GIS regional and district offices, as well as several
Unapproved routes should be visited by the CGI.

The statement said during the tour, the
CGI would also make courtesy calls to the Wa Naa and other government officials.

GNA