The Minister for the Interior and National Security, Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak, has inaugurated a 13-member Governing Council of the Ghana Prisons Service, tasked with driving the transformation of the country’s correctional system.
The council is chaired by Apostle Alexander Nana Yaw Kumi-Larbi, the immediate past General Secretary of the Church of Pentecost. Other members include Deputy Interior Minister Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi, Member of Parliament for Nandom Kuuire Richard, Suhail Abdul Mumin, Patience Baffoe-Bonnie, Esq., Nana Mprah Besemuna III, and other individuals nominated by President John Dramani Mahama.
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony held at the Interior Ministry in Accra on Wednesday, July 9, he charged the council to leverage their diverse expertise to provide strategic oversight for the operations of the Prisons Service.
“Upon assumption of office, you are expected to bring your expertise on board and provide strategic oversight for the operations of the Service. Increase advocacy and stakeholder engagement, support prison reforms and mechanisation, and ensure accountability in all transactions,” he stated.
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