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23rd March, 2010
Govt Approves Accommodation Projects For Police
Government has approved 38 accommodation projects nationwide for completion this year for the Ghana Police Service says Mr. Martin Amidu, Minister of the Interior.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament yesterday, the minister said residential housing stock for the Police Service would be increased by 1,700 housing units this year.
Mr. Amidu was answering a question by Mr. Theophilus Tetteh Chaie (NDC, Ablekuma Central) who wanted to know what measures have been put in place to improve the service conditions of the police service with regards to accommodation and remunerations.
The minister conceded that the police accommodation situation was not the best.
“The role played by these gallant men and women of the police service cannot be dispensed with in our quest to develop as a nation,” he said.
On remunerations for the police, Mr. Amidu said the government in 2009 increased their salary level by 17 per cent and added that even though that increase brought some considerable relief to the personnel of the service, it could not be said to be adequate, considering their nature of work.
He said new police service regulations, aimed at improving the service conditions, would be submitted to government through the Police Council by May.
The minister said the police service had also engaged the Fair Wages and Salary Commission in discussions aimed at ensuring that personnel were placed at appropriate salary levels commensurate with their operational demands, responsibilities and risks under the Single Spine Salary Structure.
Another question in the name of Mr. Justice Joe Appiah (NPP Ablekuma North), was on what stringent measures had been initiated to bring to book those who butchered people to death some in broad day light at Agbogbloshie, a suburb of Accra last year.
The minister said the police had since the incident, been pursuing investigations for the arrest of the perpetrators.
He said in the absence of direct evidence as to the identity of the perpetrators, the police had been involved in undercover operations aimed at fishing out information and gathering intelligence on the incident, but no significant breakthrough had been made so far.
The minister said one suspect, Cpl Musah Adam Mohammed (a military man) was arrested in connection with the clashes and arraigned before court on September 18, last year and was granted bail.
He said one of the difficulties encountered by the police in their investigations had been “the failure, refusal or reluctance of persons who had alleged that, they possessed names of or knew the identities of some or all the perpetrators to co-operate with the police by providing those names or evidence to facilitate investigations.”
The minister said the police administration had appealed to the general public, including members of thee house, who had such names, identities or evidence or any other relevant information into the Agbogbloshie disturbances and resultant deaths to make them available to the police.
The minority leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, on a point of order, said the minority had presented the names of seven people involved at a press conference on August 24, 2009 but the police failed to arrest them.
The minister also interjected saying the police said they could not trace or locate those names supplied by the minority.
He therefore urged the minority leader to co-operate with the police by taking them round to identify the perpetrators.
The minority leader reacted saying if the police were interested in finding out the killers, they could do it, but they were just refusing to arrest them because of reasons known to them.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament yesterday, the minister said residential housing stock for the Police Service would be increased by 1,700 housing units this year.
Mr. Amidu was answering a question by Mr. Theophilus Tetteh Chaie (NDC, Ablekuma Central) who wanted to know what measures have been put in place to improve the service conditions of the police service with regards to accommodation and remunerations.
The minister conceded that the police accommodation situation was not the best.
“The role played by these gallant men and women of the police service cannot be dispensed with in our quest to develop as a nation,” he said.
On remunerations for the police, Mr. Amidu said the government in 2009 increased their salary level by 17 per cent and added that even though that increase brought some considerable relief to the personnel of the service, it could not be said to be adequate, considering their nature of work.
He said new police service regulations, aimed at improving the service conditions, would be submitted to government through the Police Council by May.
The minister said the police service had also engaged the Fair Wages and Salary Commission in discussions aimed at ensuring that personnel were placed at appropriate salary levels commensurate with their operational demands, responsibilities and risks under the Single Spine Salary Structure.
Another question in the name of Mr. Justice Joe Appiah (NPP Ablekuma North), was on what stringent measures had been initiated to bring to book those who butchered people to death some in broad day light at Agbogbloshie, a suburb of Accra last year.
The minister said the police had since the incident, been pursuing investigations for the arrest of the perpetrators.
He said in the absence of direct evidence as to the identity of the perpetrators, the police had been involved in undercover operations aimed at fishing out information and gathering intelligence on the incident, but no significant breakthrough had been made so far.
The minister said one suspect, Cpl Musah Adam Mohammed (a military man) was arrested in connection with the clashes and arraigned before court on September 18, last year and was granted bail.
He said one of the difficulties encountered by the police in their investigations had been “the failure, refusal or reluctance of persons who had alleged that, they possessed names of or knew the identities of some or all the perpetrators to co-operate with the police by providing those names or evidence to facilitate investigations.”
The minister said the police administration had appealed to the general public, including members of thee house, who had such names, identities or evidence or any other relevant information into the Agbogbloshie disturbances and resultant deaths to make them available to the police.
The minority leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, on a point of order, said the minority had presented the names of seven people involved at a press conference on August 24, 2009 but the police failed to arrest them.
The minister also interjected saying the police said they could not trace or locate those names supplied by the minority.
He therefore urged the minority leader to co-operate with the police by taking them round to identify the perpetrators.
The minority leader reacted saying if the police were interested in finding out the killers, they could do it, but they were just refusing to arrest them because of reasons known to them.
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