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  • “See Something, Say Something” campaign initiative launched in schools

    “See Something, Say Something” campaign initiative launched in schools

    The Ministry of National Security has extended the “See Something, Say Something” campaign to educational institutions in the Greater Accra Region, aiming to bolster public safety and promote community vigilance.

    As part of this initiative, a team from the Ministry visited selected schools such as St. Joseph R/C Basic School, Adabraka Cluster of Schools, King Tackie Cluster of Schools, Liberty Cluster of Schools, Calvary Basic School, and Gray Memorial Basic School.

    During these visits, students were provided with awareness materials like posters and pamphlets, enlightening them on the importance of vigilance and reporting any suspicious activities they encounter.

    Addressing the students individually at each school, the campaign’s lead, Akosua Danquah Ntim-Sekyere, emphasized the campaign’s significance amidst rising security concerns in the West African sub-region. She highlighted security challenges faced by neighboring countries and stressed the need for proactive citizen participation in ensuring security.

    Students were encouraged to utilize the toll-free line 999 to report any pertinent information, with the campaign adopting the acronym “SALUTE” for reporting specifics.

    Another team member, Irene Yaa Frimponmaah Sasu, urged students to report anything unusual, emphasizing the importance of reliable information sharing to thwart criminal activities, particularly those of terrorists.

    The Ministry has introduced dedicated hotlines and online platforms for easy and confidential incident reporting, ensuring that all information is treated with utmost confidentiality.

    Students expressed their commitment to the campaign, understanding the importance of vigilance in maintaining the safety of their communities and families.

  • See Something, Say Something should be our mantra during Christmas – Veep

    Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia, wants the crime rate, particularly those associated with terrorism to reduce drastically during this festive season.

    As a result, the Vice President has called for an effective collaboration between civilians and the security agencies to combat crime and flush out criminal element in the country.

    He said for Ghanaians to maintain a safe and peaceful community, it was imperative to report suspicious characters and activities in the communities to the security agencies for prompt response.

    “We must all be guided by the mantra: “See Something, Say Something,” Dr Bawumia added.

    Vice President Bawumia gave the advice when he reviewed the parade and commissioned graduating officer cadets of the Ghana Prisons Service at the Prisons Training School in Accra. There were 203 officer cadets, comprising 157 males and 46 females.

    Dr Bawumia encouraged the public to be more conscious of suspicious activities within their communities and workplaces and charged every Ghanaian to be observant and report any unusual activities to the security agencies.
    “The Ghana Prisons Service is an integral part of the security architecture of this country and also an important facilitator to criminal justice delivery,” he said.

    “Therefore, the interdependence of the various components of the criminal justice system gave compelling reasons for government to equitably resource those components to function effectively,” the Vice-President stated.

    Dr Bawumia said the recent recruitment of 2000 men and women into the service was part of various interventions by the government to strengthen the Service’s capacity to deliver on its mandate.

    “The graduation parade is therefore a climax of six batches of new entrants from the unprecedented figure of two 2000 entrants.

    Vice-President Bawumia emphasised that a comprehensive programme to resource and retool the Service was tabled and, thus, working towards providing more operational vehicles and tools for inmates’ rehabilitation to actualise the objectives of the programme.

    Funds were also released for the continuation and completion of the Remand Prison at Nsawam as well as the first phase of the maximum security prison at Ankaful in the Central Region.

    He, thus, lauded the contributions of faith-based organisations, particularly the Church of Pentecost, which was putting up a number of prisons as well as other corporate bodies for the growth and development of the Prisons Service in recent time.

    Dr Bawumia expressed joy over the major rehabilitation programmes the Service was undertaking in its quest to better equip inmates for life after prison and cited the agricultural enterprises being run by the service.

    The Vice-President lauded the graduates for their efforts and believed that the expertise and skills acquired during the training would be utilised to reinforce inmate welfare and reformation.

    The hall mark of security or regimented institution was discipline and professionalism and urged them to abide by those tenets in all their endeavours.

    The Overall Best Graduand Senior Under Officer Desire Mawutor Klutse received the Commandant’s Sword of Honour for his hard work and dedication to duty.

    Source: Ghana

  • Threat of terrorism in Ghana: Kumasi arrests 21 suspicious foreign nationals

    In the Ashanti Region’s Ejisu, a suburb of Kumasi, the Ghana Police Service has arrested 21 foreign nationals as part of its ‘See Something, Say Something’ anti-terrorism programme.

    According to graphic.com.gh, the 21 suspects were arrested after they were reported by community leaders for exhibiting abnormal behaviors.

    The report indicated that the community leaders in Ejisu reported the suspects to the police after they observed their suspicious activities for about a month.

    One of the community leaders, Mohammed Ali, said that they reported the 21 foreign nationals because they were of the conviction that they were a security threat because of their actions.

    “For several times, I entered and asked them, what are they doing? They said that they were learning. In the evening, you see them making phone calls, different phone calls, everybody making a phone call.

    “Maybe they are trying to convince someone or I don’t know, so that is what they have been doing around here,” Ali is quoted to have said by graphic.com.gh.

    Neither the Ghana Police Service nor the National Security has commented on the arrest yet.

    The National Security Ministry, in May 2022, launched a Citizen Education Campaign, dubbed ‘See Something, Say Something, to help raise awareness and alertness on a possible terrorist attack in Ghana.

    The campaign seeks to educate the citizenry to report any suspicious activities related to terrorism to the security agencies and it forms part of efforts to help deal with the terrorist threat in the West African sub-region.

  • See something, say something; 21 foreign nationals with suspicious behaviour arrested in Ejisu

    Twenty one foreign nationals have been arrested by the police at Ejisu in the Ashanti Region following their suspicious behaviour.

    The arrest followed a tip off by some community members in the area who noticed the abnormal behaviour of the foreign nationals in the area.

    According to the community members, they observed the “suspicious activities” of the foreign nationals for months and therefore decided to report them to the police for further investigations.

    The move followed the “See something, say something” campaign being spearheaded by National Security as a citizens’ awareness campaign aimed at protecting the country against terrorist attacks.

    The campaign, dubbed: “See something, say something”, encourages the public to be vigilant of the activities of suspicious characters and report such activities and characters to the security agencies.

    The campaign forms part of the ministry’s border counter-terrorism strategy aimed at sensitising the public to terrorism threats and encouraging the citizenry to collaborate with state security agencies to reduce the threat of terrorism in the country.

    One of the community leaders, Mohammed Ali said they reported them to the police because they believe they pose a security threat and want the security agencies to probe their operations.

    “For several times, I entered and asked them, what are they doing. They said that they were learning. In the evening, you see them making phone calls, different phone calls, everybody making a phone call. Maybe they are trying to convince someone or I don’t know, so that is what they have been doing around here,” Ali said.

    The police is yet to comment on the issue.

    Source: Graphiconline.com