Ursula Commissions Dansoman SSNIT Flat Police Station

URSULA COMMISSIONS DANSOMAN SSNIT FLAT POLICE STATION

The Member of Parliament for the Ablekuma West Constituency, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has commissioned a police station for the people of Dansoman Ssnit flat to help battle crime and give residents security.

Commissioning the facility, the MP who doubles as Ghana’s Communications and Digitalisation Minister noted that the building was constructed as part of the Ablekuma West Municipal Assembly’s efforts to combat criminal activities.

According to her, increasing security services at the local level will strengthen and advance the country’s fight against insecurity.

“ Security within the country must be enhanced and improved hence if you have people bringing security or the police service to the doorstep of the people, it’s an important milestone that we have to all celebrate” she said.

URSULA COMMISSIONS DANSOMAN SSNIT FLAT POLICE STATION

The MP called for cooperation between police personnel and community leaders to help combat crime.

In a related development, the Greater Accra Regional Head of community policing, Acp Faustina Assiamah Owusu, inaugurated a 25-member Gbebu-Gbegbeise-Glefe Community Watch Committee.

She charged the committee to operate within the confines of the law and not to abuse the office granted them.

“The police cannot be everywhere all the time. Hence, your efforts must complement the work of the police. You are warned never to mete out instant justice on anyone, ” she added.

URSULA COMMISSIONS DANSOMAN SSNIT FLAT POLICE STATION: WHO IS URSULA OWUSU?

Hon. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful (born 20 October 1964) hails from Akim Oda in the Eastern Region of Ghana. She is a lawyer, women’s rights activist and a Ghanaian parliamentarian representing Ablekuma West constituency. She is currently the Minister of Communications and Digitalisation.

In 2012, she was elected to be the Member of Parliament for the new constituency Ablekuma West Constituency as their first member of parliament.

In 2015, she contested and won the NPP parliamentary primaries in the Ablekuma West Constituency. She retained her parliamentary seat during the 2016 Ghanaian general elections by winning with 34,376 votes out of the 60,558 valid votes cast making 56.96%. She and other female MPs were subject to personal attacks after there was a dispute over places reserved for female members of parliament. She was reported as saying that she was considering her future in politics, but the following year she became the Minister of Communications.

In 2017, she was appointed as the Minister to head the Ministry for Communications by President Akufo-Addo. She is currently the Minister for Communications and Digitalization.

in December 2020, she contested for re-election as member of parliament in the 2020 Ghanaian general election as the parliamentary candidate for the NPP. Going into the election as the incumbent Member of Parliament of the Ablekuma West Constituency, she retained her seat after polling 37,363 out of 69,353 votes. Her closest competitor Rev. Kweku Addo of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was second with 30,733 votes, whilst the other candidates who contested from the other parties, GUM, LPG and PNC polled 359, 330 and 65, respectively.

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