Kaasehene builds and commissions new Police Station for community

A new Police Station built by Nana Mensah Bonsu, Kaasehene, has been commissioned at Kaase, in Kumasi, weeks after he had outdoored an ultra-modern Health Centre for the same community.

Kaase, a suburb of Kumasi, is both a residential and industrial area in the Kumasi Metropolis. Nana Mensah Bonsu disclosed that his vision to build a police station for the community dated back to when the then Ashanti Regional Police Commander, COP (Rtd) Nathan Kofi Boakye, informed him that the Asokwa Divisional Command was overwhelmed with workload and suggested building a police station at Kaase.

He said COP Kofi Boakye went ahead to provide modern architectural drawings of a police station for implementation, noting that “security” is very vital in our day-to-day activities.

Nana Mensah Bonsu thanked Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, for his support and guidance and the Kaase Township, and urged the Police Administration to take good care of the edifice for the developmental growth of Asanteman and Ghana as a whole.

DCOP Emmanuel Teye-Cudjoe, Ashanti Regional Police Commander thanked Kaasehene for such an edifice, noting that the police station has not been built in the community to intimidate people, but rather for the “security” of all citizens.

The Police Commander disclosed that regardless of its magnitude, “crime” is a crime, noting that the “law” has no respect for anyone.

He further advised personnel, who will be manning the station, to keep the building in good condition in order to avoid its deterioration, noting that under the new GPS leadership, “maintenance” is part of their culture.

DCOP Teye-Cudjoe announced that Chief Inspector Charles Konadu would be the Station Officer at the Kaase Police Station and further charged him to keep the station in good condition, as well as treat civilians professionally and with civility.

The police chief further called for community support to facilitate effective policing and called on stakeholders to help the Ghana Police Service with vehicles and motorbikes to enable them to fight crime in the society.

Nana Baffour Agyei Fosu Twitwiaka, Otumfuo’s Anantahene, who represented the Asantehene, congratulated Nana Mensah Bonsu for such a feat, noting that Asanteman would be much better, if every chief emulates such development in their respective communities.

Nana Fosu Twitwiaka noted that Ghana is short of the United Nations  recommendation of  police-to-population ratio of 1:500 and hoped the initiative of  Kaasehene would help improve Ghana’s police-population ratio, as well as enhance the nation’s security.

Nana Baffour Agyei Fosu Twitwiaka reiterated the need for personnel, who would be manning the station to take good care of the building, and thus encourage other chiefs to emulate Kaasehene’s feat in their respective communities.

The Anantahene also called on the corporate bodies, organisations and the general public to support the Police with vehicles, motorbikes, computers and accessories.

From Oswald Pius Freiku, Kumasi

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