New security heads appointed
President John Dramani Mahama has appointed new security chiefs for the Ghana Prisons Service, Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) and the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS).
A statement signed by the Spokesperson to the President and Minister in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, named Patience Baffoe-Bonnie as the new Director-General of the Ghana Prisons Service; Mawusi Ntow-Sapong as the new Chief Fire Officer, and Samuel Basentale Amadu as the Comptroller-General of the Ghana Immigration Service.
The new appointments come on the heels of the appointment of Christian Tetteh Yohuno as Inspector General of Police (IGP) to replace Dr George Akuffo Dampare last Thursday.
The appointments were made in consultation with the Council of State, the statement said.
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Until her latest appointment, Mrs Baffoe-Bonnie was a Deputy Director-General of Prisons in charge of Services.
She now takes over from Isaac Kofi Egyir.
Mrs Baffoe-Bonnie is a lawyer. She was called to the Bar in 2006. She is also a corrections and security expert, policy and systems analyst and strategist.
She is a rule of law expert, social worker, coach, women empowerment activist, child rights advocate and human rights expert with special interest in women, children and the vulnerable, including prisoners.
She has 38 years’ working experience in Prisons Administration, and has held various managerial Staff and Command positions as an officer, including being the Director of Technical and Services.
She joined the service in 1987.
As the first Director of Health, Mrs Baffoe-Bonnie established an efficient, robust and sustainable prisons health system and achieved a zero COVID-19 infection in the prisons nationwide during the peak of the pandemic.
Ms Ntow-Sapong, on the other hand, was a Deputy Chief Fire Officer, who now replaces Julius A. Kuunuor.
Until her appointment, she was a member of the Management Board of the GNFS and the Director in charge of Fire Safety.
Ms Ntow-Sapong has received several awards in recognition of her outstanding contributions and performance in the GNFS.
Mr Basentale Amadu was a Deputy Comptroller-General of the Ghana Immigration Service.
He takes over from Kwame Asuah Takyi.
He holds a Master of Arts (MA) in International Relations and Affairs from the University of Ghana and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Psychology from the same university.
Last Thursday’s announcement of Mr Yohuno’s elevation to the status of IGP, indeed, heralded the raft of changes across the top echelon of the security services.
