Section of high ranking officers of the Ghana Immigration Service and some digintaries at the ceremony
THE KOTOKA
International Airport (KIA) Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service
(GIS) has held a day’s open day activity for the public.
The
programme sought to bring the service closer to the public and to educate
foreigners on the immigration laws of Ghana. The public were also engaged on
the issues about international travel.
In
attendance were high ranking officers of the GIS as well as some members of the
Diplomatic Corps including Rafael Rodriguez-Ponga, Deputy Spanish Ambassador and
Chen Mingin and Dirk Katlun, representatives from the Chinese and German
Embassies respectively.
Held under
the theme, “Know What To Do While In
Ghana,” the ceremony was also in commemoration of this year’s International
Migrants Day.
The Deputy
Comptroller-General of Immigration, Judith Dzokoto Lomoh, in an address,
iterated that it was “significant” for the service to make itself known to its
target audience hence the open-day initiative; assuring that the service will
continue to manage migration matters.
Regional
Commander for KIA, Edith Penelope Arhin, explained that the theme was in
recognition of the fact that foreigners, especially first time travelers, knew
little or had no idea about immigration laws governing their stay in the
country.
Invited
guests were educated on the identification of the service’s uniforms
Roll-up
banners with photos of both senior and junior officers in the service’s
uniforms, with captions in English, French, Spanish and Chinese languages, were
unveiled for easy identification of GIS officers.
Suggestion
boxes were also mounted at vantage points across the airport to receive
observations, complaints, questions and other forms of feedback.
Flyers with
answers to some frequently asked questions were also distributed.
By Nii Adjei Mensahfio
