{"id":162950,"date":"2015-10-28T10:27:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T10:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=162950"},"modified":"2015-10-28T10:37:29","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T10:37:29","slug":"parliament-gets-police-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=162950","title":{"rendered":"Parliament gets Police post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A new Police post has been established on the premises of Ghana\u2019s Parliament house.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The facility, which is yet to be fully resourced, is sited near the western entrance of the Parliament House.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;9D4xDwrqaCxQvCWrDUU6J3hvfyhoAaUV&#8221;]According to Kate Addo, the Deputy Director of Public Affairs of Parliament, the facility is to help beef up security at Ghana\u2019s law making house.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She cited <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/09\/08\/police-stops-group-from-picketing-at-parliament-ec\/\" target=\"_blank\">recent picketing<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and attacks on Parliament by some demonstrators as some of the reasons for the establishment of the Police post.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThere\u2019s been situations where some persons have entered Parliament and had physically assaulted some staff,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking on the <strong>Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong> on Wednesday, Kate Addo said \u201cthe Speaker requested for us to have a Police station at the West end of Parliament, which is the area around the Kofi Annan ICT centre.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe reason is that, when you put so many people together at a place, you usually would need a proper protection. So we requested for it and the president also agreed,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kate Addo said they are currently in consultation with the leadership of the Ghana Police service to elevate the facility into a district Police station.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI think it\u2019s less costly to avoid a problem than to wait for\u00a0 the problem to occur before we try to find solutions,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin A. 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