President Akufo-Addo commissions new building for National Security Ministry

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the president of Ghana, has commissioned the all-new office complex for the National Security Ministry in Accra.

The President in outdooring the new National Security Strategy charged the National Security Ministry and all its partner security institutions to fully implement the country’s first-ever National Security Strategy (NSS) document to safeguard Ghana’s peace.

The NSS is the blueprint reference document for the coordination of the total national response effort to protect and safeguard the nation from threats, risks, challenges to its security, and stability from both the domestic and international environments.

Launching the first-ever National Security Strategy and to commission the new national security building at the forecourt of the National Security Ministry, President Akufo-Addo said the strategy has been developed at a time when the threat to the security of the country and the West African sub-region is on the increase.

The president, therefore, noted that the country’s security apparatus owe the people of Ghana a duty to implement the strategy without fail in order to secure the territorial integrity of the nation at all times.

“The strategy regardless of its potency cannot yield desired results until successfully implemented. Our success will therefore be based on how we implement the National Security Strategy. The Ministry of National Security will serve as the lead government ministry for the implementation of the strategy,” Akufo-Addo said.

The Minister of National Security, Albert Kan-Dapaah, in his statement noted that the NSS has been reviewed “by all relevant stakeholders, internal and external security experts who have ensured that the document met international standards and is fit for purpose”.

“Although Ghana continues to be heralded as the beacon of peace in Africa, we must not rest on our odds. Evidently, the threats that confronted us a decades ago have evolved faster and with greater intensity than anticipated and this your excellency underscores the need for swift implementation of the National Security Strategy to decisively mitigate new and emerging threats,” Kan-Dapaah said.