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General News on Thursday, November 29, 2018
Source: 3news.com
2018-11-29
Police in formation
The country's security agencies and emergency services will hold a counter-terrorism training exercise on Friday in the city of Accra-Tema.
"The exercise will involve the movement of troops and equipment in parts of Accra," said Wednesday a statement issued by the Ministry of National Security.
The exercise called EX HOME SHIELD aims to put into practice and exploit the various roles and skills of all actors of the National Counter Terrorism Effort (NCTE).
It is also testing the preparation of stakeholders in case of terrorist attack.
Moreover, it is necessary to heighten the vigilance of all NCTE actors in the face of growing threats of terrorism in the ECOWAS sub-region.
Among the participants in Friday's exercise are the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), the Ghana Police, the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) and the Office of the Attorney General. national surveys (BNI).
The others are the National Security Council, the National Disaster Management Organization (Nadmo), the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Financial Intelligence Center.
The others are the National Ambulance Service and the Ghana Health Service.
"It is therefore advisable for the public not to panic if they observe such an unusual movement of troops, personnel and equipment.
"It is also advisable for the public to cooperate with the police who will be deployed to control and divert the traffic as part of the exercise in a very short time",
concluded the declaration signed by the director of counter-terrorism of the Ministry of National Security, COP (as), George Asiamah.
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