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PCG Ga Mission Field shows love to prisons, police cells.
The Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Ga Mission Field, backed their words of love with action when they donated assorted items to inmates of the Nsawam (Male) prison in the Eastern Region, police cells at Pokuase and Sarpeiman in the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region.
Rev. Joseph Oman Ocquaye, Coordinator-In-Charge of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Ga Mission Field said, it was not enough to verbally declare the love, sacrifice and forgiveness, Jesus Christ made for mankind without an action of love.
He said, on the occasion of Easter, the gesture was to “express the concern of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana towards the inmates and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ which reveals God’s love to humanity culminating in the death of Christ on the cross of Calvary for the salvation of all.”
Together with his team, he donated assorted items comprising, bars of soaps, detergents, toiletries, food stuffs, bags and boxes of drinking water, bottles of soft drinks among others amounting to GH4,603.00 to the prisons.
DSP Abdul Latif, Eastern Regional Public Relations Officer of the Prison Service, was happy at the gesture of the church and assured that the items would be used for the intended purpose.
He said that “there was no other way to express love to the inmates than the support and donation by the PCG Ga Mission Field especially on the occasion of Easter’.
He said the expression of love was the significance of Easter and expressed gratitude to all organisations and well-meaning individuals who often supported the inmates.
Rev. Joseph Oman Ocquaye, said the gesture to the inmates which was part of the Special Mission of the PCG would be a regular project, as it sought to win more souls for Christ.
The Mission Field he said, would embark on regular community-based activities which would involve traditional leaders, other organisations and well-meaning individuals with the aim of developing the areas both physically and spiritually.
The Ga Mission Field is one of the oldest mission fields in the Presbyterian of Ghana and currently comprises 23 churches.
From Portia Hutton-Mills, Nsawam
President John Dramani Mahama has held a high-level meeting with the Heads of Security Agencies, Minister for the Interior and Acting Minister for Defence on the ongoing security services recruitment process.
Following a briefing on the process, the President has directed that the number of men and women to be recruited to the various security agencies should be increased from twenty-thousand (20,000) to forty thousand (40,000) over a four year period.
The President has also directed the Heads of the Security Agencies to ensure transparency and fairness in the recruitment process.
Present at the meeting were the Chief of Staff, Secretary to the President, Senior Presidential Advisor on Governmental Affairs, National Security Coordinator, Inspector General of Police Director General Prisons, Director General Fire Service, Comptroller-General of the Ghana Immigration Service and the Director General of the Narcotics Control Commission
At the request of the minority leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) met with members of the Parliamentary Minority Caucus today.
The engagement afforded the Caucus an opportunity to provide the Fund with feedback on recent economic developments in Ghana.
The discussions were mutually beneficial to both sides as stakeholders in Ghana’s governance.
The IMF delegation was led by Adrian Alter, Resident Representative, accompanied by Mr. Razafimahefa Ivohasina Fizara, Coordinator of AFRITAC West 2 and Mr. Osa Ahinakwah Economist at the IMF Country Office.
Members of the Caucus in attendance were, Jerry Ahmed Shaib, Second Deputy Minority Whip; Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, Ranking Member on Finance; Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Ranking Member on Economy and Development; Kweku Agyeman Kwarteng, Chairman on Budget; Abena Osei-Asare, Chairperson of Public Accounts; and Collins Adomako-Mensah, Deputy Ranking Member on Energy.
Dr. Antoinette Tsiboe-Darko, Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, also represented the Party.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
