President Akufo-Addo has inaugurated Governing Council of the Ghana Police Service and Armed Forces Council.
He re-nominated Mr. Hadih A. Bin Salih, and Madam Cecilia Eguakun to serve in Governing Council of the Ghana Police Service.
Chaired by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Police Council has the Interior Minister, Mr. Ambrose Dery, the Inspector-General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, the Minister for Justice and Attorney General, Mr. Godfred Yeboah Dame, and a rep of the Ghana Bar Association; Mr. Bram-Larbi Kwaku Esq, as members.
The others are COP Joseph Boakye Appiah, Retired Senior Officers Association, ACP Faustina Agyeiwaa K. Andoh-Kwofie, Ghana Police Service (Senior Rank), Inspector Felix Essuman, Ghana Police Service (Junior Rank), and two nominees of the President; Mr. Hadih A. Bin Salih, and Madam Cecilia Eguakun.
The Council is mandated to advise the President on matters of policy relating to internal security and to make regulations for the efficient administration of the Police Service.
The Armed Forces Council derives its mandate from Article 212 (2) of the 1992 constitution which states that “the President may, acting by the advice of the Armed Forces Council, appoint officers of the Armed Forces who shall be given such command as the Armed Forces Council shall determine.
(3) The President shall, acting by the advice of the Armed Forces Council, grant commissions to officers of the Armed Forces and (4), subject to clause (3) of this article, the power to appoint persons to hold or to act in an office in the Armed Forces shall vest in the President, acting by the advice of the Armed Forces Council.
Members of the Governing Council of the Ghana Armed Forces are Chairperson and President’s Nominee H.E. Alhaji. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the Vice President of the Republic.
The members include Minister for Defence, Dominic B.A. Nitiwul, Minister for Interior, Ambrose Derry, Minister for Foreign Affairs & Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, and Vice Admiral Seth Amoama, the Chief of Defence Staff.
The rest are Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Frank Hanson, Chief of the Air Staff, Major General T. Oppong – Preprah, Chief of Army Staff, Rear Admiral Issah Adam Yakubu, Chief of Naval Staff, Brigadier General R.O. Sackey (Rtd), President’s Nominee, Colonel C.B. Ankomah-Danso (Rtd) President’s Nominee and Master Warrant 0fficer Daniel Addo, Senior Warrant Officer.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Kofi Atakora
