The president of the republic of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo has appealed to the security agencies in the country to put in their maximum sacrifice to ensure peace and security prevail in the country.
The President said this in Wa on Sunday when he had an interaction with personnel from the various security agencies in the Upper West Region as part of his working visit to the region.
The president will, as part of the visit, among other things, inspect progress of work on ongoing projects, commission completed projects and cut sod for the commencement of new ones in the region.
The president came in the company of the Minister of the Interior, Ambrose Dery, the Information Minister, Mr Kojo Opong Nkrumah, the Minister of Local Government, Mr Daniel Botwe and the Minister of Roads and Highways, among others.
He said security personnel should put their lives in line of danger to protect others, having been charged with the mandate of safeguarding the peace of the country.
He explained that the role of the security personnel was a critical one as he related that they “don’t have the luxury even when you sleep one eye has to be opened because of the nature of your work” unlike the civilians who “have the luxury to be able to shut both eyes for a few hours every day.”
He commended the works of the security personnel and urged them to continue to sacrifice for the peace and security of the country.
The president further charged the security agencies to double their efforts in safeguarding the country’s borders as he observed that that the country was threatened by the activities of violent extremist groups in neighbouring countries.
He called for collaborative efforts between the security agencies and the civilian community in ensuring peace and security prevail in the country.
President Akufo-Addo assured of government’s solemn commitment to providing the needed logistics and human resource policy support to the security agencies in the discharge of their duties.
He said the prosperity and development of any nation depend on its peace saying “If we don’t have security, peace and stability in our country there is nothing that we can do meaningfully.”
He said government has been aware conscious of the fact, which is why his government had bent on enhancing the capacities of the country’s security systems including the Armed Forces, Police Service and Immigration services among other in order to prevent the violent extremists’ invasion in the country.
He added that government has put in measures to strengthen border security especially in the northern part of the country as the northern borders were linked to Burkina Faso – one of the country’s noted for violent extremists’ activities.
He explained that as part of the measures, the government was establishing three forward operating bases in the Upper West Region at Hamile, Jirapa and Tumu and added that the government was considering request to extent the bases to Gwollu and Wechaiu.
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