Akufo-Addo confirms Dr . Akuffo Dampare as substantive IGP

Chief executive Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will today October six, 2021 confirm Dr . George Akuffo Dampare the 23rd Inspector- General of Police(IGP) at the Jubilee House within Accra. MyNewssGh. com provides confirmed that a brief wedding ceremony to officially handle the particular mantle of leadership towards the former Director-General of Law enforcement Administration will come off around 2pm. This follows the particular expiration of the contract from the former Inspector-General of Police(IGP) whose accumulated leave just before retirement ended at midnight associated with October 7, 2021. On the passing out parade of Course fifty of Police Cadets a week ago, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo heaped praises upon Dr Dampare assuring your pet of his confirmation showing the Acting Inspector Common of Police (IGP) offers vindicated the decision to make your pet act in the position. Based on him, IGP George Akuffo Dampare since taking over work breathe new life to the Police administration which is good. The President noted which he has been able to get the nation to rally behind your pet indicating that after all processes are usually done, he will become the country’s 23rd Inspector General associated with Police. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo appointed COP George Akuffo Dampare as Performing Inspector General of Law enforcement (Ag. IGP) in This summer 2021. “I cannot finish without reiterating the assistance of government and I for that recent actions taken by the particular Acting IGP George Akuffo Dampare which are eliciting solid backing from the population. They have so far vindicated my choice to repose trust in your pet to hold this high workplace. ”“I am confident, after the necessary processes are finished, which I’m sure is going to be soon; he will become our own nation’s 23rd Inspector Common of Police, ” this individual saidProfile of COP DampareDr Dampare is the youngest performing IGP to be appointed within the Fourth Republic and the 8th youngest since Ghana acquired independence. Prior to this visit, he was the most mature police officer after the just upon the market IGP. Dr . Dampare joined up with the Ghana Police Provider (GPS) as a Constable keep away from, 1990 at age 20 plus rose through the ranks to be Commissioner of Police (COP) 24 years later at 44 in 2014, the particular rank he held till his appointment. In 1991, on completion of his get training, Dr Dampare has been adjudged the overall Best Sponsor at the National Police Coaching School and won all of the awards except the prize for the ‘Best Marksman’. Once again in 1996, he surfaced the overall Best Cadet for that 32nd Cadet Officers’ Program at the Ghana Police School (formerly, Police College) plus won all awards, which includes Excellence in Professional Law enforcement Subjects and Excellence within Academic Subjects. During their over thirty-year career as being a police officer, Dr . Dampare made significant contributions to policing in Ghana and above as enumerated below: In the leadership and management degree, Dampare has had the uncommon privilege of serving because the Head (Director-General) of virtually every major department, giving your pet greater insight into the management of policing in Ghana. Specifically, Dr . Dampare continues to be Director-General for Administration plus Director-General for Welfare two times. He has also served since Director – General just for MTTD, Director-General for Analysis & Planning, Director-General to get Operations, Director-General for ICT, Director-General for Finance plus Director-General for National Patrol Department (Police Visibility Department). Other leadership positions Doctor Dampare previously held consist of Commandant of the Police Control and Staff College, Accra Regional Police Commander, Local Commander for Railways, Slots and Harbour (now Law enforcement Marine Department), Municipal Leader for Cape-Coast and Main Internal Auditor of the GPS NAVIGATION. Between 2010 and 2015, under the leadership of 2 IGPs, Messrs. Paul Tawiah Quaye and Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan, Dampare led plus coordinated the ‘National Anti-armed Robbery Reward to Informant Initiative’, which saw the particular arrest and prosecution of numerous notorious armed robbers across the nation. Fighting robberyAs the Director-General for National Operations, Doctor Dampare created an efficient program where fragmented units had been consolidated to create effective and departments such as the establishment of the Anti-armed Robbery Unit (the COMBAT Unit) to strongly fight robbery and other chaotic crimes. He also produced the Intelligence Unit inside the National Operations Department, which usually later informed the development of a Police Intelligence Section at the national level. Since Accra Regional Police Leader, Dampare introduced an innovative plus proactive policing strategy the “Continuous Stakeholder Engagement Programme” where all stakeholders had been included and involved in policing the Region. For the first time, through this particular initiative, the Ghana Law enforcement Service under his management, visited Political Parties within their offices to engage them. Since Director-General in charge of Welfare, Doctor Dampare introduced an innovative interpersonal welfare scheme where he directed officers from the Department to see the homes of quite a few sick and bedridden law enforcement officers across the country, and also introduced proper medical interventions to help their wellness. Still with Welfare, Dampare initiated a procedure at Dodowa and Kasoa to reclaim lands possessed and paid for by law enforcement officers. The matter had become a nationwide security threat as many officials were angry at the failing of the leadership of the law enforcement administration to intervene for the circumstance which had lasted designed for close to a decade. In 2013, under the leadership of the after that Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan, Doctor Dampare led a group of officers, working day plus night, to restructure the particular Armoured Car Squadron (ACS) Unit into the Formed Law enforcement Unit (FPU) within a report time of ten (10) several weeks. This task had remained unattainable for over fifteen years. The particular FPU has now become among the police units undertaking inner police operations and worldwide peacekeeping missions under the Un and African Union. Because the Director-General of the National Patrol Department (Police Visibility Department) and under the leadership from the then IGP, Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan, Dampare supervised the particular implementation of the novel “Police Visibility” programme which noticed the presence of police personnel for the most part intersections and communities within Ghana. Again, during the execution of the vision of the after that IGP, Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan, for the creation of the Law enforcement Service Command and Employees College at Winneba as well as the Police Service Public Security Training School at Pwalugu, Dr Dampare was the head of the technical teams that will ensured the full operationalization of the two specialist training organizations. Dampare is credited using the idea that led to the business of the office of the Armourer-General which serves as the main point for accounting intended for arms and ammunitions inside the Ghana Police Service along with the establishment of the Service Enquiry Monitoring Unit (SEMU) using the responsibility of managing the particular GPS disciplinary system. Because Coordinator of the National Inter-Ministerial Task Force for the 3 years ago Ghana Floods which was underneath the overall leadership of Doctor Mrs. Mary Chinnery-Hesse (then Chief Advisor to They would. E. President J. The. Kufuor), Dr . Dampare directed a team, within a seven-month period, to develop and apply a National Disaster Administration Model, which brought all of the United Nations Agencies, Red Mix and Civil Society institutions, among others, together, to effectively manage the disaster. Because Director-General for Finance, Dampare led a Police Specialized Implementation Team to work with the particular Fair Wages and Wages Commission, to migrate the authorities Service onto the Individual Spine Salary Structure since the first institution in the country in order to successfully complete the immigration. Still as Director-General regarding Finance, Dampare also released the payment of recruits’ allowances through the bank simply by getting them bank accounts and also ATM cards. He furthermore engaged the banks plus got them to build ATMs at the Police Training Institutions at no cost to the Government. Beneath the visionary instructions of the after that IGP, Paul Tawiah Quaye, Dampare also led the team to establish the Purchase Unit of the GPS and be sure full implementation of the Purchase Act. He introduced cost-saving measures in the repair associated with Service vehicles and the utilization of hotel accommodation, among others. Dampare led a team associated with officers to use mostly contributions from the private sector to provide a facelift to the Law enforcement Headquarters by constructing the Public Affairs building, the particular Integrity Square, the Police Health and fitness and Social Centre as well as a Helipad. The CID Head office building was also refurbished below his leadership. As Accra Regional Commander, Dampare elevated sufficient capital from the personal sector to complete a new workplace complex and re-roofed 90% of all office buildings in the Regional Headquarters which have been in a deplorable state for a long time. During his policing profession, Dr Dampare has performed numerous law enforcement courses from tactical, operational, strategic management and management levels, producing him an all-round officer with the required skills plus competences commensurate with his position. Aside his policing, Doctor Dampare previously worked like a Research Fellow and lecturer at King’s College Greater london, University of London. He or she also lectured at the College of Cape-Coast (UCC), Ghana Institute of Management plus Public Administration (GIMPA), Regent University College and the Information Link University College. They are also one of the pioneer academics at the Business School from the Kwame Nkrumah University associated with Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. Having passed the particular GCE Ordinary and Sophisticated level examinations as a personal candidate in 1989 plus 1992 respectively, Dr . Dampare proceeded to study accountancy plus became a Chartered Accountant in 1996 at age twenty five. He also holds a physician of Philosophy (Ph. D) degree in Finance plus Management from the King’s University, London, University of Greater london, and has two Master associated with Science degrees with variation in Accounting & Fund, from London South Financial institution University, UK and Company Systems Analysis & Style from City University associated with London, UK. Dr Dampare also has a certificate within High Impact leadership from the Start for Sustainability Leadership, College of Cambridge, UK plus a certificate in Leadership plus Management from the Aresty Start of Executive Education, The particular Wharton School, University associated with Pennsylvania, USA. Dr Dampare is a member of a number of professional organizations including the International Association associated with Chiefs of Police (ICP), International Association of Criminal offense Analysts (IACA), the Company of Chartered Accountants (ICA) and the Ghana Journalists Organization (GJA). Dr Dampare has additionally served and continues to assist on several boards such as the Economic and Organized Criminal offense Office (EOCO) Governing Plank, Data Link University University Council, Police Central Disciplinary Board and the Pumpkins Basis Board (a philanthropic business for underprivileged children, which includes those with autism). He is wedded to Anita and has 6 children. Source: MyNewsGh. com/2021
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