Ariel View of Ho Central Market |
In a bid to ensure the security
and safety of residents, the Ho Municipal Assembly is to open five new police
posts in the Municipality Mrs Fafa Adinyira, the Assembly Chief Executive has
announced.
She said the additional
police posts had become necessary in view of the increasing population and the
relative high crime rate in the area.
Communities likely to
benefit from the new police post, according to MCE are fast developing areas,
such as Sokode, Adaklu, Matse, Akoefe and Hodzo , while the Ho
Central Police Station would be given a facelift befitting a Municipal status.
Mrs Adinyira who was addressing
a recent Town Hall meeting, said the Assembly was in talks with traditional
authorities of beneficiary communities and called for support from all.
Security in the Volta regional
capital has become a major concern following the increase in tertiary
institutions and other business centres including financial institutions.
In recent times there have
been reported cases homes and shops burglary, including robbing of fuel service
stations, among others.
The forum was organised by
Community Development Concerns, a civil society organization with support from
the Assembly and the Netherlands Development Organization under the Social
Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability project.
Madam Joycelyn Akorfa
Ochlich, Executive Director, CDC, said the Town Hall meeting was geared towards
ensuring good governance and her outfit would organise another by the end of
the year.
culled from GNA
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