A staff of the Office of the Vice President, Prof Joe Amoako-Tuffuor has been appointed to head National Early Warning Centre.
The National Early Warning Centre in Ghana was inaugurated by the vice president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia at Jubilee House and it has 10 members.
Members of the Task Force are drawn from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration; Defence; Interior; National Security; Health; Finance and Economic Planning; Justice and Attorney General; Gender, Children and Social Protection; and Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation.
As part of its mandate, the Centre is to warn the Government of Ghana of threats to human security.
It is also expected to propose appropriate action, and coordinate and ensure monitoring of the implementation of response to the warning as part of a broader effort by member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
The ECOWAS Early Warning System, among other things, seeks to primarily guarantee human security and envisages the establishment of a fully integrated and functional early warning system within the Member States.
The system is intended to provide timely reports and analysis for effective responses that will prevent and mitigate violent conflicts, among others, in the sub-region.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Obed Ansah
