General News of 2013-02-01

IGP proceeds on leave

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Paul Tawiah Quaye has been asked to commence his compulsory 90-day terminal leave effective February 5.
A February 1 statement signed by Dr. Raymond Atuguba, Executive Secretary to the President, said the leave would be effected on May 4, 2013.
“Mr Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan, Deputy Inspector General of Police is to act as Inspector General of Police until further notice,” the statement said.
Mr Alhassan has garnered a wealth of experience in the service and has rose through the rungs to his new position.
Mr Alhassan, whose career with the UN started in 1989, has held many positions in the UN.
In 1999, he joined the UN in New York as a civilian police officer and became the adviser to the UN Secretary General on police issues.
He was also the UN Police Commissioner for Liberia and Sierra Leone before he returned to Ghana in 2002 to assume Command Operations of the Southern Sector.
He was the Tema and Western Region Police Commander prior to his appointment as Deputy IGP.