[ 2016-09-24 ]

Tema Police receive 15 motor- cycles from Chinese association

The China Association of Fujian in Ghana has
donated 15 motorcycles to the Tema Regional Police
Command to support its work.


The donation was made through the Chinese
Ambassador to Ghana, Madam Sun Baohong, and
received by the Inspector General of Police (IGP),
Mr John Kudalor.

The China Association of Fujian in Ghana, a group
of business people, investors and industrialists
operating in Ghana, is headed by Mr Xu Ning Quan,
who is also the Managing Director of Santeo Steel
Limited.

Presentation

Handing over the motorcycles to the police last
Thursday, Madam Sun said more Chinese had located
in Ghana and invested in various sectors of the
economy.

She noted that the Ghana Police Service played a
major role in ensuring an open, safe and friendly
environment for businesses to thrive and expressed
the hope that the new motorcycles would help the
service to discharge its role to enhance security
in the country.

Caution

She reminded the Chinese community in the country
of the need for them to be law-abiding, cautioning
that while the Chinese government was determined
to protect the legitimate interests of the Chinese
in Ghana, it would not tolerate or cover those who
committed crime.

Mr Kudalor thanked the association for the gesture
and called on other organisations to emulate the
example to complement the government’s effort at
providing logistics for the Police Service.

The presentation coincided with the IGP's duty
tour of the Tema Police Command to assess the
preparation of the police in the region ahead of
the December 7 general election.

Meeting of stakeholders

While in Tema, the IGP, who was accompanied by
senior commanders of the service, also interacted
with the heads of the Ghana Ports and Harbours
Authority, the Tema Traditional Council, the Tema
Metropolitan Assembly and the Tema Development
Corporation and briefed them on some key measures
that had been put in place to prevent election
violence in the region before, during and after
the general election.

The IGP and his team observed a stimulation
exercise to test the readiness of the police to
handle election violence and also inspected the
Regional Police Command's logistics.

Readiness

The Tema Regional Police Commander, DCOP Paul
Awini, said in their quest to ensure peaceful
elections, 720 policemen had undergone training in
public order management and crowd control, adding
that the programme was ongoing for others to
ensure professional policing ahead of the
elections.

Source - Graphic Online

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