Interior minister inaugurates 13 member council to oversee prison reforms
Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak, has inaugurated a 13-member Governing Council for the Ghana Prisons Service, with a mandate to spearhead reforms and enhance the effectiveness of the country’s correctional system.
The newly constituted council is chaired by Apostle Alexander Nana Yaw Kumi-Larbi, the immediate past General Secretary of the Church of Pentecost. Other members include Deputy Interior Minister Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi, Member of Parliament for Nandom Richard Kuuire, Suhail Abdul Mumin, legal practitioner Patience Baffoe-Bonnie, Nana Mprah Besemuna III, and several presidential nominees appointed by President John Dramani Mahama.
At the swearing-in ceremony held on Wednesday, July 9, at the Ministry of the Interior in Accra, Minister Muntaka charged the council to apply their collective experience to provide effective strategic direction for the Prisons Service.
“Upon assumption of office, you are expected to bring your expertise on board and provide strategic oversight for the operations of the Service. Increase advocacy and stakeholder engagement, support prison reforms and mechanisation, and ensure accountability in all transactions,” he said.
He reaffirmed the Ministry’s commitment to backing the council with the necessary resources and policy direction to modernise the Prisons Service and improve correctional standards nationwide.
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