COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah
In his first major shake-up of
the top hierarchy since assuming the leadership of the Ghana Police Service
(GPS), IGP James Oppong-Buanuh has replaced COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo Danquah as
Director General (DG) of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) with COP
Isaac Ken Yeboah. He has moved the recently promoted DCOP David Eklu from the
Public Affairs Directorate to the Police Hospital as Administrator.
Until his movement to the CID,
COP Ken Yeboah was DG, Administration.
COP Tiwaa’s transfer to the
equally critical department of the law enforcement agency, Welfare, is an
action which her critics, in the wake of the mess surrounding the press
conference she hosted on the missing Takoradi girls, had demanded.
While some would speculate that
her movement is as a result of that issue, others think otherwise saying that
she is a capable superior officer who would make her mark in her new portfolio.
COP/Dr. George Akuffo Dampare
leaves his position as DG, Welfare, to take on the portfolio of Administration.
COP Christian Tetteh Yohunu
vacates his Director Generalship of the Motor Traffic and Transport Department
to take over management of Special Duties; his position now goes to COP
Beatrice Zakpa Vib-Sanziri who was in charge of the PPSB.
COP Alex Amponsah-Asiamah, DG,
Services, has moved to head the ICT Directorate as COP Alphonse Adu Amankwah,
Eastern Regional Commander, heads for the headship of the PSO.
COP George Alex Mensah, DG
Operations, is now in charge of Services, and COP Francis Ebenezer Duku leaves
his current DG Special Services for Service Workshops.
DCOP Redeemer Vincent Dedjoe,
Regional Commander Western Region, is now head of PPSB, Headquarters, as DCOP
Elizabeth Appolonia Dassah leaves her current desk at the Police Headquarters
to head the Female Police Secretariat at the Police Headquarters.
DCOP Kwaku Boadu-Peprah, the
Ashanti Regional Commander, is now DG, Operations.
In a related development, the
IGP has moved DCOP Paul Kwame Ayittey from his position as the 2i/c Upper East
Region to Regional Commander, Oti Region.
DCOP Albert Nang-Baa Denkaabe,
Regional Commander North East Region, is now the Armourer General at the Police
Headquarters as DCOP Assibey Ahenkan, Oti Region, takes over Logistics at the
Police Headquarters.
DCOP Moses Asabagna Atibillah
MIU/R&P becomes 2i/c Northern Region as DCOP Felix Fosu-Agyemang 2i/c goes
to the Western Region as Regional Commander.
DCOP Ernest Owusu, 2i/c TR,
goes to Ashanti Region as Commander and DCOP Afful Boakye-Yiadom, 2i/c Eastern
Region, becoming the Regional Commander of Eastern Region.
DCOP Anderson Fosu-Ackah,
Central MTTD, Accra, is now 2i/c Tema Region and DCOP Charles Domanban, 2i/c
North East, taking over as the regional commander.
DCOP Victor Adusah-Poku,
Administrator Police Hospital, now becomes 2i/c Western Region, as ACP Andrews
Boadu-Ekumah, Nkawkaw Division, now becomes 2i/c in the Ashanti Region.
Administrative
Structure
The administrative structure at
the Police Headquarters as per Service Instruction No 5 bestows the headship of
the law enforcement agency in the IGP who shall be subject to the control and
direction of the Police Council. The IGP shall be in charge of exercising
general day-to-day supervision of the operation administration of the Police Service.
He shall be assisted by a
Deputy IGP in the absence of which the Directors General of the various
schedules.
The Deputy IGP shall assist the
IGP, act in his absence and report directly to the IGP.
The Director General,
Administration, shall report to the IGP on the day-to-day administration of the
service, including notification of the appropriate body on promotions when due,
ensuring the implementation of policies and directives of the IGP.
The DG, Administration, shall
also co-ordinate activities of all regional commanders, provide effective link
between the IGP and the regional commanders.
He or she shall also ensure the
existence of a good secretariat where records, files and documents are worked
on with minimum delay and liaise with other schedule officers for effective co-ordination,
among other functions.
The DG, Welfare, handles all
matters about transfers of personnel in the non-commissioned and inspectorate
brackets and general welfare in the service.
The CID is one of the critical departments of all law enforcement operations worldwide. The DG at the CID is responsible for all matters regarding investigations.
By A.R. Gomda
