GHANA IMMIGRATION SERVICE HONOURS AICO II NURIDEEN ABDUL-GANIEW TAKRA FOR AN OUTSTANDING ACT OF PROFESSIONALISM, BRAVERY, VALOUR AND SELFLESSNESS DEMONSTRATED TO SAVE THE LIVES OF TWO POLICE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FROM AN ATTACKER
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA, H.E. DR MAHAMUDU BAWUMIA COMMISSIONS BASIC NARCOTIC CADET COURSE 7 AT THE IMMIGRATION SERVICE ACADEMY, ASSIN FOSO
IMMIGRATION SERVICE RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT
The Spanish Government has presented vehicles and information communication technology (ICT) equipment to the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) and the Ghana Police Service to enhance their operations.
The gesture, the Spanish Government said, was to support the Government of Ghana to manage irregular migration and other cross border crime.
The equipment consisted of six Mitsubishi L200 cross-country vehicles, 23 desktop computers and 10 printers.
The Spanish Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Alicia Rico Perez del Pulgar, said the fight against irregular migration and transnational organized crime required collective effort, and that, irregular migration is a transnational challenge that needed to be tackled by countries of origin, transit and destination.
She indicated that the donation was a demonstration of Spains commitment to strengthening the existing relationship between the two countries.
The Ambassador was hopeful that the donation would contribute to the effective management of irregular migration flows which has the tendencies of affecting the security and stability of the country.
Migration will be productive and beneficial only if it is regularized in the spirit of shared responsibilities, mutual trust and full respect for human rights, she noted.
The Minister of the Interior, Hon. Ambrose Dery, said the presentation would complement governments efforts at resourcing State Security Agencies to ensure the needed internal peace, public safety and social stability for national development.
He noted that, cross-border crimes and irregular migration were better fought through international cooperation. I therefore welcome the commitment of the Kingdom of Spain to ensure humane and orderly migration as it benefits both countries, he added.
He noted particularly that strong links had been established between the Interior Ministries of the two countries.
The Minister indicated that one of the key component of the cooperation between Ghana and Spain was the common interest of addressing irregular migration and human trafficking issues.
“In the year 2015, the kingdom of Spain granted an aid of €87,000 to support the GIS to establish a Migration Information Centre (MIC) at Tamale to help educate and sensitize migrants and potential ones in the Northern part of the country on the dangers of irregular migration and to travel safe and right”, he noted
The Minister extolled Officers of the GIS for their commitment and dedication to ensuring security at the country’s frontiers, in spite of the numerous challenges they were faced with in the fight against COVID-19.
He assured the Spanish Ambassador that the equipment would be put to good use for the effective migration management.
On his part, the Comptroller-General of Immigration (CGI) Mr. Kwame Asuah-Takyi said the donation could not have come at a better time, since the Government of Ghana has reviewed its border strategy in the face of COVID-19 and other security concerns.
He noted that the Service has enhanced operational capacities of Officers to detect, prevent and deter irregular migration. He recalled that Officers had in recent times come under attacks by smugglers and other criminal elements, citing the example of an Officer who was injured during exchange of gunshots at the Hamile area. He, therefore, indicated that the logistics donated by the Spanish Government would enhance the Services operations and also boost the morale of Officers.
By: AICO II Pious D. Serwonu
GHANA IMMIGRATION SERVICE
PRESS RELEASE
Public Affairs Department, National Headquarters
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IMMIGRATION SERVICE EXPANDS CLINIC FOR ENHANCED SERVICES
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has expanded its Clinic located at its national headquarters in Accra to provide enhanced and quality health care to its officers and stakeholders.
The expanded clinic will cater for the increasing medical demands by serving personnel and retired staff, as well as immigrants seeking work and resident permits who need to undergo medical examinations as part of the requirements for the processes.
Since its establishment in 2017 through a partnership between the GIS and the St. John’s Hospital and Fertility Centre, the clinic has not seen any expansion works.
The expanded clinic now has three additional consulting rooms and a laboratory to provide diagnostic services such as mammography and digital rectal examination (DRE).
At a brief inauguration ceremony in Accra last Friday, the Minister for the Interior, Mr Ambrose Dery, said the expansion was in consonance with government’s commitment to ensure the general wellbeing of security personnel in the country.
He encouraged management of the GIS to open similar clinics at other Regional Commands in the country to enable Immigration Officers serving in these regions access health care.
“The Ghana Immigration Service should do well to recruit the appropriate personnel that will enable them to check the health status of people” he stated.
The Comptroller-General of Immigration, Mr. Kwame Asuah Takyi, noted that the long term goal of the Service was to make the Clinic a world-class Hospital dedicated to the health needs of expatriates and combating infectious diseases at the frontiers of the country.
For his part, the Chief Executive Officer of the St. John’s Hospital and Fertility Centre, Maame Yaa Afriyie, explained that expanded clinic would provide health care services to Immigration Officers, immigrants and the general public.
“The essence of the expansion is to provide immigrants who are already in the country with medical examination, give protection to the citizens of the country as well as immigration officials, she noted.
SGD.
SUPT. MICHAEL AMOAKO-ATTA
HEAD OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Tel: 0555027024
Email: mikesbridge2020@yahoo.com
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Release No. 2020 – 23
1st June, 2020
Comptroller-General
GHANA IMMIGRATION SERVICE
PRESS RELEASE
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IMMIGRATION SERVICE TO COMMENCE ENHANCED MANDATORY MEDICAL SCREENING FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS SEEKING FOR IMMIGRATION PERMITS
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has indicated that it will commence an enhanced mandatory medical examination for all foreign nationals seeking to work and reside in the country.
The mandatory medical examination is an add-on to the already existing medical examination conducted by the Service as one of the requirement for acquiring Work and Residence permits by foreign nationals.
The directive takes effect from Monday, June 15, 2020 and will include testing for COVID-19 and also cover other permits such as Indefinite Residence, Right of Abode and Naturalization, as well as renewal of other Residence permits.
According to the GIS, the enhanced mandatory medical examination is not only to help streamline and regulate the issuance of Work, Residence and other permits in the country but also safeguard public health and security as directed by the Immigration Act of 2000, ACT 573.
Additionally, the directive will help obtain information on the health status of immigrants and its consequence on the country’s public health.
It will also assist the immigrants to known their health status in order to take the appropriate steps to seek medical intervention or otherwise observe precautionary measures for a specific disease.
The official fee for medical examination for a one-year Residence permit of a new applicant, a four-to-five-year renewal of Residence permit and an Indefinite Residence permit, as well as Right of Abode for other African descents in the Diaspora is GH¢1,100.00. A one-to-three year renewal of Residence permit will be done at GH¢600.00.
All medical examinations for these permits would be done at the GIS Clinic, located at its National Headquarters in Accra.
SGD.
SUPT. MICHAEL AMOAKO-ATTA
HEAD OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Tel: 0555027024
Email: mikesbridge2020@yahoo.com
Release No. 2020 – 23
24th May, 2020
Public Affairs Department, National Headquarters
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THREE NIGERIANS IN IMMIGRATION SERVICE GRIP
FOR ILLEGAL ENTRY AND ALLEGED BRIBERY
Personnel of Sogakope Inland Immigration Checkpoint of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has arrested three Nigerians for illegal entry into the country.
The Nigerians, Emmanuel Christopher, Chukuma Onyiauka and Sylvia Jamaho entered the country with the assistance of some Togolese nationals through an unidentified unapproved route at the eastern frontier but were intercepted at the Sogakope Inland Immigration Checkpoint.
The Commander of the Sogakope Inland Immigration Checkpoint, Chief Superintendent of Immigration (CSI) Shadrach Asangeokwa explained that just when the Nigerians were being processed to be handed over to the Aflao Sector Command, David Jamaho who claimed to be the brother of one of the three Nigerians, Sylvia Jamaho, showed up and allegedly offered US$5,000 bribe for the sister to be released, which according to the Commander was rejected by the Officers.
He noted that the other two Nigerians also allegedly offered GH¢500 bribe to the Officers which was also rejected.
The money and David Jamaho who offered the bribe are currently in the custody of the Sogakope District Immigration Command, while the three Nigerians have been escorted back to the Aflao Sector Command of the GIS.
They have since been handed over to the Port Health Officials for medical screening and quarantined.
SGD.
SUPT. MICHAEL AMOAKO-ATTA
HEAD OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Tel: 0555027024
Email: mikesbridge2020@yahoo.com
IMMIGRATION SERVICE CONSOLES SUPERINTENDENT AMOH’S FAMILY
A delegation from the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), led by its Head of Sports, Deputy Commissioner of Immigration (DCOI) Samuel Ayer has commiserated with the family of the late Superintendent (Supt.) Evans Kofi Amoh.
The late Supt. Amoh, who until his demise was the Head of the Band Unit of GIS, passed on about a week ago in Accra after a short illness.
DCOI Ayer was accompanied by the Head of Welfare Unit, Chief Superintendent of Immigration (CSI) Anthony Kaakyire Yeboah, Officer-In-Charge of Protocol and Event Unit, Deputy Superintendent of Immigration (DSI) Linda Asare Mantey and some Officers and Men of the GIS.
He expressed his condolence to the family over the sudden death of their colleague and described the late Supt. Amoh as a good man, adding: “everyone who worked with him would testify to that.”
DCOI Ayer noted that the Service has lost a devoted worker who was a master in his field, and said “It is God who knows best why he called him”.
He prayed that the good Lord would continue to protect the family of the deceased in this trying times and encouraged the family to consider his demise as a divine call to a higher and better life.
The Head of Welfare Unit, CSI Anthony Kaakyire Yeboah also sympathized with the family of the late Immigration Officer and said the late Supt Amoh, who was a friend and colleague departed at the time they least expected.
He assured the family of the Service’s support in giving the erstwhile Bandmaster a befitting burial.
A book of condolence was signed on behalf of the Service by the Head of Sports, DCOI Ayer.
By AICO I Pious D. Serwonu
