Interior Ministry donates to Prisons service
The Minister of Interior, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, has presented assorted food items to the Ghana Prisons Service to support inmates feeding for the Ramadan season at the Prisons Headquarters.
The items include 1,000 bags of rice, 417 boxes of Sunflower cooking oil, and 200 boxes of Tasty Tom tomato paste.
The gesture forms part of the Minister’s efforts to support and equip the Ghana Prisons Service and make it efficient.
Presenting the items at the Prisons Headquarters in Accra, the Interior minister said: “I reached out to Mr Ibrahim Mahama, a global businessman and philanthropist, to support prison inmates during this Ramadan period and my request was granted, hence the donation of these items.”
The Director General of Prisons, Mrs Patience Baffoe-Bonnie, in her remarks, acknowledged the minster’s willingness and undoubtful quest to support the Prisons Service and expressed gratitude for the opportunity given her to serve as the Director–General of the Ghana Prisons Service.
DGP Baffoe-Bornnie also explained the need for all officers to receive contagious allowance and pleaded with the Minister to facilitate the restoration of some operational allowances for officers in the Ghana Prisons Service.
The donated items would be presented to selected Prison facilities including Nsawam Medium Security, the Ankaful complex, Koforidual Local, Tamale Central, Sunyani Central, Amanfrom Camp and Manhyia local Prisons.
BY TIMES REPORTER
