Four prisons directors promoted

Four deputy directors of the Ghana Prisons Service have been promoted to the rank of Directors of the service. They are: Hayford Okpoti Korney, Willian Kwadwo Aseidu, Ms Matilda Baffour-Awuah and Michael Kofi Bansah.

A statement from the Ghana Prison Service said their promotions, were authorised by President John Kufuor in consultation with the Prisons Service Council. The statement said: "The promotions are part of a structuring exercise embarked upon by the Prison Service Council to streamline administration, promote efficiency and effectiveness in the Service."

It said: "As part of the ongoing exercise, Regional Prison Commanders will no longer be in charge of particular prisons in the country, but they will be detached to play their supervisory roles in the Service in the Region of their responsibility.

"There will also be re-alignment of staff in line with the restructuring exercise," the statement said.