150 Police Officers Equiped With Knowledge And Skills To Discharge Their Duties At Mining Companies Efficiently

The Director of Analyse, Research and Finance of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Mr Christopher Opoku Nyarko, has called on personnel of the Ghana Police Service who are deployed to the Mining Companies to execute their duties with professionalism in accordance with the code of ethics of the Service to benefit all and sundry in Ghana.

He said that doing so would go a long way to avoid violating the fundamental human rights of the community members of the mining companies they are assigned to operate.

Mr Nyarko made the call in an interview with the media, at a training workshop the Chamber organised for 150 police personnel at the Ghana Police Command.

According to him, the training was part of their collaboration with the Ghana Police Service who help the mining Industry with their personnel to help protect assets at the various Mining Companies.

He indicated that they periodically organise such training to help improve the personnel service delivery to the mining industry and the country as a whole.

That is the reason we brought a team comprising the Chamber Legal Person, Madam Shaila Minkah Premo, some operational officers from the Mines led by the chairman of the Chamber Security committee” " he said.

He stated that Mr Edwin Asare from Gold Fields Ghana Limited, Madam Theresa Abrema Obosu, Senior Officer Administration, Training and Project of AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine and Mr Martin Baah Ahwireng, Security Manager of Perseus Mining organization Limited, were the facilitators.

They educated the participant on the Minerals and Mining What the Public Security Officer need to know, Ethical Considerations on Mine, Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights and Security threats in mining operations and Response, among others.

In their presentations, urged them to cooperate with the already security personnel in the various mining companies that together have lovely and peaceful minds to mine and to report their obstacles to the authorities for redress.

DSP Mose Gyan Mpettey, Staff Officer Operations, on behalf of the Inspector General of Police and the Police Administration, thanked the Organisers of the training and assured that the men will make good use of the information and skills they have learned to be sanity at the various companies’ areas of operation.