President
John Dramani Mahama says criminal activities in Ghana has reduced drastically.
Addressing
the press at the Flagstaff House today President Mahama noted that statistics
between 2013 and 2014 show that criminal activities have reduced by 5,000
incidents.
The country has in recent times
recorded a number of robbery incidents that have in some cases led to the death
of some victims.
In 2015, a
Branch Sales Marketing Manager at Vodafone,
and Amanfrom robbery among others who were killed in
seperate robbery attacks in their homes.
Despite
these happenings, the President said government has made massive investment in
the security service thereby making
Ghanaians feel more secured.
He also
said the retooling of the Police service and other policy decisions have
reduced the Police to population ratio, which is close to UN’s acceptable
figures.
According
to the President in 2012, the ration was 1 Police personnel to over 900 persons
but this has reduced to 1:740, which a significant stride to UN’s 1:500
President Mahama noted that safety and security in
the country is his priority hence government will not relent in his effort to ensure
the safety of the citizenry.
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