The Minister of Information, Mr. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has assured the general public that the government is committed to doing everything in its power
The Minister of Information, Mr. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has assured the general public that the government is committed to doing everything in its power to safeguard the safety of citizens from activities of terrorists and piracy.
The Minister stressed this during a press briefing on Sunday, July 18, 2021, over the growing activities of terrorists and pirates in neighbouring Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, and Mali.
According to him, the issues of terrorists and pirate activities dominated a recently held cabinet retreat.
From the retreat, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the government is bent on putting necessary measures in place to ensure Ghana is safe.
“Another incident that took over this cabinet retreat is the growing incidence of terrorism and piracy along our borders and the kind of challenge that it begins to potent for us here in Ghana.
“If you have followed what is going on in the West African sub-region, the incidents of terrorism and piracy are on the increase, and literally every day they are drawing closer south which means closer to our borders here in the republic of Ghana,” the Information Minister said.
Kojo Oppong Nkrumah added, “the government will wish to assure citizens that it will continue to take all appropriate measures to ensure that Ghana is protected from increasing risks of terrorists activity and piracy that is always coming closer to our borders.”
“In the last few months, countries that share borders with Ghana, including Burkina Faso and Cote D’Ivoire, have experienced terrorist attacks with the most recent one in Burkina Faso.
“And then to our south, the Gulf Of Guinea is also getting inundated with piracy attacks and it puts us in a pretty difficult situation. Just to recap, two Spanish journalists and an Irish journalist were abducted and killed near a reserve in eastern Burkina Faso, 26th April 2021.”
Security agencies manning Ghana’s borders have recently tightened measures and pledged to continue protecting the country from any attack.
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