NEWMONT ASSISTS KENYASI POLICE (PAGE 14)

Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL), operators of the Ahafo mine, have constructed a 14-room transit quarters for the Kenyasi Police at Kenyasi in the Brong Ahafo Region at a cost of US$ 140,000. The facility has been handed over to the Asutifi District Police Command.
At the handover ceremony, the Communication Manager of NGGL, Mr Agbeko Kwame Azumah, said the company decided to put up the facility because it realised that if the district police were to step up security in the area, they would need more accommodation facilities to cater for additional personnel that would be required to undertake effective policing in the area.
Already, the company had assisted in addressing the accommodation challenges that confronted police personnel in the district by renting a house for them at Kenyasi.
The rented premises had been in use for the past four years and the company was in the process of renewing the tenancy agreement.
Mr Azumah said over the years, Newmont Ghana had supported the police in the area, largely because “we consider their role as very important and our continued support is also in recognition of their relentless efforts at combating crime and keeping Asutifi safe. We also feel the police here are doing a great job and deserve all the support we can give them”.
The Director-General in charge of Research and Planning of Ghana Police Service, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), Mr Ofosu-Mensah Gyeabour, said modern policing had become a shared responsibility and required the involvement and participation of all members of the society through the provision of logistics and infrastructure.
He said the construction and opening of the 14-room transit quarters for the police by NGGL had therefore come as a welcome relief to personnel in the area, adding that it would accommodate more police personnel.
DCOP Gyeabour said active gold mining by Newmont since July 2006 had attracted thousands of people from various parts of the country to the area and its environs in search of employment.
The increasing population and industrial activities demand a corresponding increase in the number of police personnel at Kenyasi, Ntotroso, Acherensua and Hwidiem to combat crime within the district.