Alhassan Appoints as Deputy IGP

23/05/2010
Story: Mary Mensah
The President, John Evans Atta Mills, in consultation with the Police Council, has appointed Commissioner of Police (COP) Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan as the Deputy Inspector General of Police.
Fourteen other senior police officers have also been promoted from the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP).
All appointments took effect from February 1, 2010.
Before his appointment, Mr Alhassan was the Director General in charge of Administration and was once Commissioner of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).
On his return from Liberia, he was made the Western Regional Police Commander before taking appointment as the Director General at the headquarters.
Mr Alhassan was also once in charge of the Southern Command Operations.
The 14 others are Mr Daniel Julius Avorga, Commander of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU), Prosper Kwame Agblor, once head of Interpol and now head of Interpol Regional Bureau for West Africa in Abidjan, Robert Adibura Ayalingo, the in-charge of CID Operations and Timothy Aquamor Ashley, Director of PIPS.
The others are Mr David Nenyi Ampah-Bennin, Volta Regional Police Commander, Mr Ransford Moses Ninson, Deputy Regional Police Commander, Brong Ahafo Region, Mrs Beatrice Zakpa Vib-Saziri, Police Attaché at the Ghana Mission in the United Kingdom, George Akuffo Dampare, Director of Finance, and Yaagi Akuribah, Chief Staff Officer.
The rest are Mr Roy Ayinibisa Amuni, Mark Robert Azu, Second in Command in the Central Region and now on UN Mission in Sudan, William Jib Kwanair, Railway and Port at Tema, Ms Mina Ayim, Divisional Commander, Akropong, and Albert Onwona-Agyemang, Head, Police Education Unit, whose promotion took effect on January 1, 2010.


Pictures of Alhassan saved in today’s file 2/03/ 2010 as Alhassan Deputy IGP.