Eighty-five senior police officers promoted

Page 40: Daily Graphic, December 30, 2008.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE Police Council has approved the promotion of 85 senior police officers to higher ranks.
They include 18 Chief Superintendents of Police who have been promoted to the rank of Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACPs), four Superintendents of Police to Chief Superintendents, eight Deputy Superintendents of Police to Superintendents and 55 Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs) to Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs).
Notable among those promoted to the rank of ACPs are Dr Iddi Musah; Dr Mabel Aboah; Dr Ebenezer Ewusi-Emmim; Mr Angwubutuge Awuni, the Nima Divisional Commander; Mr Alphonse Mark Adu-Amankwah; Mr Christian Tetteh Yohunu, the Accra Operational Commander, and Mr Joshua Tetteh Dogbeda, the Tema Regional Crime Officer.
The newly promoted Chief Supts are Ms Agnes Maclean, Ms Doris Dei Quaye, Ms Mary Appah and Dr F.J.T.K. Benyah.
The list of superintendents includes Messrs Paul Sampson Kontomah, Sylvester Bawisi Boyuo, Philip Ivor Kwabena Asante, Yaw Agyemang Osei-Assibey, Emmanuel Teye-Cudjoe and Eric Ken Winful.
Among the newly promoted DSPs are the Tesano District Commander, Mr Osman Abdul Razak; Mr Jordan Quaye; Ms Nancy Lilian Abra Agra; Rev John Opoku; Ms Edith Vander Gaanu; Ms Faustina J. Amoah Asare; Mrs Priscilla Eva Bempong; Mr Kwaku Amos Yelisong and Mr Samuel Asiedu Okanta.
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr P.K. Acheampong, told the Daily Graphic that the promotions were in line with the policy guidelines of the Ghana Police Service.
He explained that some of the newly promoted personnel were either on UN missions or study leave and had their promotions deferred until now.
According to him, the affected personnel had all returned to post and worked satisfactorily.
Mr Acheampong said some of the personnel also had their promotions deferred because of disciplinary reasons.
He expressed the hope that the promotions would motivate the personnel and serve as encouragement to others to work harder to uplift the image of the Ghana Police Service.