Monday 13 October 2014

IGP appointed President of ECOWAS Police Chiefs



Ghana’s Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Alhassan has been appointed President of Inspector General of Police in the ECOWAS sub-region. The announcement was made in Lome, Togo, where ECOWAS Security Chiefs are holding a meeting. Mr. Alhassan will lead the police chiefs in West Africa for the next two years after his Ivorian colleague, Bredou Mbia. Issues of terrorism, cross-border crime and the deadly Ebola disease took a center stage at the ECOWAS security chiefs meeting on Saturday which was also chaired by Ghana’s Interior Minister Mark Woyongo. In other developments, Mr. Mark Woyongo has called on all member states not to hide information from each other if they could achieve their goals. He said the increasing challenges militating against regional peace and stability calls for the need for member countries to present an effective mechanism for regional integration in the area of security and crime. 


Source:Myjoyonline.com

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