Government gives 64 vehicles to police

General News on Thursday, April 18, 2019

Source: Graphic.com.gh

2019-04-18

The government has handed over another 64 vehicles to the Ghana Police Service to expand its fleet and improve its operational capabilities.

The new vehicles include 20 Toyota Landcruisers, 19 Toyota Hilux pickups and 25 Toyota Corolla sedans.

This is the third batch of vehicles to be handed over to police since the inauguration of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

The presentation of the new vehicles brings to 264 the number of vehicles given to the Ghanaian police in two years.

In December 2017, the President launched "Operation Calm Life" and provided 200 vehicles and 300 bikes for service to help maintain order.

Presentation ceremony

At a brief ceremony that took place yesterday at the Accra Police Headquarters, Interior Minister Ambrose Dery reaffirmed the government's determination to set up a service. Strong police force, able to guarantee the safety of the people and preserve the territorial integrity of the country. .

He said the government would continue to mobilize all the resources at its disposal to allow the police to provide the population with the kind of service it deserved.

Mr. Dery said the government was reorganizing the service to facilitate staff mobility to enable it to carry out its task effectively.

He added that the government could not wait for the arrival of all vehicles destined for service before handing them over, but that it would do so as and when they arrived, because the service was badly needed of vehicles.

Resources committed

According to the minister, the government had also committed resources to purchase kits, equipment and other equipment essential to the police service.

He urged the service personnel to properly maintain the vehicles and use them to serve and protect Ghanaians in order to "make Ghana safe and secure for everyone, and in terms of internal security, you must be active".

He badured staff that the government would not migrate police or other security agencies from CAP 30 to the SSNIT pension scheme and refuted some parliamentarians' claims that Cabinet had approved the President's decision to migrate security agencies.

He noted that the President would not allow such migration or anything that could be detrimental to security agencies after serving the nation at the risk of their lives. He added that the government would ensure that the staff of all security agencies are well looked after during their retirement.

Retooling service

For his part, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. David Asante-Apeatu, thanked the president for his commitment to re-equip the service.

He added that adding new vehicles to the police fleet would greatly help improve mobility, as well as the service's operational capability.

He also thanked the Minister of the Interior for the wonderful collaboration between the Ministry and the Police Administration over the past two years, adding, "Working with you has been a blessing and I am very happy with you. hope that we will continue in the same spirit and that we will go forward. "

IGP deputy MP James Oppong-Boanuh said he was very hopeful that the vehicles would significantly improve the operational capacity and efficiency of the police service.