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Security to be beefed up at Aflao border
Accra, July 17, GNA- The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has
received a Spanish grant of two million euros to purchase a
digital border surveillance system to enhance security at
the Aflao border.
The service has also installed a software for the processing
of passengers at the border to enhance service delivery, Mr
Albert Kan-Dapaah, Minister of Interior, said these on
Tuesday in Parliament while responding to a question.
He said under the border control programme, the GIS had
budgeted to provide blocks of residential flats, a
two-storey command office and the completion and furnishing
of the departure hall at the Aflao border.
On the Ministry's plans to solve the acute residential
accommodation and transportation problem facing the Madina
Police administration in Accra, he said government was
negotiating with the India government to secure a loan for
the construction of new flats for the security agencies.
He said the government is also keen on solving the
transportation problems facing the police service and that
it's expecting some vehicles from South Africa to be
distributed to all districts and units without vehicles.
In a related development, Members of Parliament have called
on guardians and parents to live up to their role by
instilling discipline into their wards to secure a future
for the young generation.
They touched on the rising indiscipline among the youth and
said they must not be left on their own but should be guided
skillfully into the future.
Members were contributing to a statement by Mr Henrich
Yeboah, (NPP-
Sekyere-East) on the lifestyles of Ghanaian youth abroad.
The member said these children were going wayward because of
the environment and the little attention given to them.
Mr Bradford Adu, (NPP-Okere), in his contributions, stirred
controversy, when he called for a return to the old order by
applying the rod, in and out side the school, as contained
in the Bible, to bring up children properly.
He was however challenged by Deputy Minister of Finance, Dr
Anthony Osei Akoto, who said it, was against the laws of the
land and an abuse of the rights of the children to cane
them.
GNA
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