Police Administration announces welfare package for personnel

The IGP David Asante-Apeatu, has announced a fifty thousand insurance cover for police personnel. 

The amount will be used in case of death in line of duty and three children would be catered for from nursery to tertiary.

Mr Apeatu added that even if one should die accidentally or a natural death, the family would be entitled to twenty-five thousand cedis and if an officer should suffer permanent disability, he or she will be entitled to twenty-five thousand cedis.
 
The IGP said this during the closing ceremony of the training programme for Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) reform in Accra.
 
The training  programme according to the IGP was to adequately equip participants with skills and competences to firmly and fairly enforce traffic rules and regulations, demonstrate professionalism and reduce corrupt practices on the roads and highways.
 
He said more attention has been given to the MTTD due to the cumulative negative public perception of the department whch has a replica effect on the whole police organisation. 

He reaffirmed that the Police Service has begun a major transformation programme to lift the organisation to a status in line with its vision to become a world class police service capable of delivering planned, democratic, protective, and peaceful service.  

Meanwhile, a Security Analyst Adib Saani says the GH¢50,000.00 [fifty thousand] insurance cover announced for police personnel by the IGP is long overdue. 

This is because it is the standard practice across the world. 

Speaking in an interview with Radio Ghana, Mr Saani said the risk involved in the work of security personnel especially the police needs to be backed by a concrete insurance cover.

Mr Saani also called for a change in the recruitment process of police adding that the approach should be on a professional basis. 

This according to him will make the service become a world class one.

GNA
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