Police To Receive 3 Helicopters, Ghc500m Being Spent On Housing For Soldiers-Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has announced that an ongoing revamp of logistics and other facilities for the security agencies includes plans to furnish the Ghana Police Service with three helicopters.

Presenting the State of the Nation address today, he said the choppers will soon be delivered to shore up some 600 additional vehicles that the Police have already received.

“The police have been provided with more vehicles and equipment than they have ever had, including over six hundred (600) vehicles and three (3) incoming helicopters. There are now more opportunities for police officers to undergo training on the job to make them better prepared for work in our communities and keep us safe,” the President said.

He added, “We are building upon and improving the capacity of the cybercrime unit to confront and neutralise the criminal and dark underbelly of modern technology and the cyber-world.”

The President lamented that even though government continues to improve conditions for the Police, the service’ notorious reputation among the populace has not improved. He asked that the service work on their bad image.

President Akufo-Addo also announced the allocation of Ghc500million to the construction of accommodation for the men and women of the Ghana Armed Forces.

“Mr Speaker, the Ghana Armed Forces continue to perform creditably in discharging their duty of defending the territorial integrity of the country. The government has retooled and equipped them to keep them in the desired state of readiness. When the government amended L.I 1332, which extended the run-out date from twenty (25) years to thirty (30) years for the ‘Other Ranks’, it led to the creation of new ranks within the structures of the Armed forces, and to a subsequent rationalisation of wages and salaries for all ranks within the Forces.

“Government is tackling the long-standing housing problem that has faced our Armed Forces. Over five hundred million cedis (GH¢500 million) is being invested in housing projects of varying sizes for the men and women of the Armed Forces, and in refurbishing the Military Academy and Training Schools in Teshie.”