East Gonja Municipal NCCE holds Police-community dialogue session

The East Gonja Municipal Directorate of the National Commissionfor Civic Education (NCCE) has organised a Police-community dialogue session to strengthenties and foster cooperation and trust between community members and the Police Service.The event, held at Salaga, was attended by various stakeholders, including traditional andpolitical leaders, the Police and community members.They discussed security concerns in the area and proposed solutions to promote peace andsecurity in the municipality.The event formed part of the Preventing and Containing Violent Extremism project beingimplemented by the NCCE with funding support from the European Union.Mr Iddrisu Abdul-Latif, East Gonja Municipal Director of NCCE, speaking during the event, said itwas to create a platform for community members to interact with the Police to boost trust andconfidence.He said the peace and security in the country must not be taken for granted as the country wasprone to extremist activities and required the co mmunity to play a partnership role with securityagencies by reporting suspicious activities and offering important insights about potentialthreats.He reiterated that 'As we move towards the 2024 general election, we should help the PoliceService to serve and protect the public from any form of threats.'Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Mr Amos Yelison, the Divisional Police Commander forthe area, advised participants to report suspicious acts of terrorism and its related activities tothe Police Service for swift intervention.He touched on some of the major and minor offences and urged participants to cooperate withthe Ghana Police Service and feed them with requisite information for prompt action.Source: Ghana News Agency