From Ernest Best Anane
A police post, donated by the authorities of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has been commissioned to beef up security for residents and students of the university community and its surrounding environment.
The facility is expected to serve the institution and communities like Ayeduase, Bomsu and Kotei, where most of the students have rented apartments and hostels.
DCOP Augustine Gyenin, Ashanti Regional Police Commander, pleaded with the public to assist the police with accurate information that will enable them give effective protection.
He observed that criminals were not strangers, but people living within the various communities with us, and for that matter, it was important that the citizens also help the police to able to give protection to life and property, as security was a shared responsibility.
He also pleaded with Nananom and land owners to make provision for police stations, by making land available.
The Police Commander noted: “Every community is supposed to have a police station, so that the police can respond to distress calls immediately, when criminals attack.”
He appealed to hostel owners to provide measures that would ensure 24-hour protection for their occupants.
Professor Ellis Otoo, Vice Chancellor of KNUST, commended the Police Service for being supportive to the university community in diverse ways, and gave assurance of a continuous committed and working relationship with the institution.
He noted that the police post would be a relief to residents and students by ensuring full security.
The Vice Chancellor also commended the chiefs in the communities for giving land for the post, and appealed to the communities to assist the police to protect them at all times, by reporting who harass them for the benefit of the community and the students.
Prof. Otoo pledged on behalf of his administration to provide two motorbikes for post, for effective patrolling of the vicinity towards a crime-free society.
Chief of Ayeduase, Nana Opoku Agyemang III, cutting the tape to commission the police post