Kidnapped girls to reunite with families – Regional Minister | Social

Mr. Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, the new Western Regional Minister, badured the public that the government was eager to reunite the three abducted girls from Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis with their families.

He noted that the police had conducted a frenzied search over the last four months to track down the three girls, adding, "I want to badure all residents that with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the agencies security, we will definitely bring back the kidnapped girls. "

The minister gave badurances on Thursday night when he arrived at Takoradi airport to formally take over the reins of affairs of the resigning minister, Dr. Kwaku Afriyie.

The first victim, Priscilla Blessing Bentum, 21, a third-year student at the University of Education, Winneba, was kidnapped on August 17, 2018 in Kansaworodo, while Ruth Love Quayson, 18, a journalist from SHS to Fijai, was removed on December 4, 2018, at the junction of Butumegyabu (BU) at Takoradi.

Priscilla Mantebea Koranchie, 15, a freshman at Sekondi College and living with her parents in West Fijai, near Sekondi, was also kidnapped on December 21, 2018, near Nkroful.

Mr. Darko-Mensah, said that the security of people and businesses in the region was essential to attract foreign investors to the region in order to improve the economic situation of the population and badured the Regional Security Council of its ability to enhance security.

"I think security is paramount to attracting foreign investors to the Western Region with respect to the many natural resources," he said.

Mr Darko-Mensah said that despite the influx of foreigners into the region as a result of the oil discovery, his administration would work hard to solve the region's security problems.

The regional minister said resource mobilization for wealth creation, private sector development for job creation and youth development to reduce social vices would be high on his agenda during his tenure. .