A Quick Note to Ghana's Interior Minister and The New Inspector General of the Ghana Police Service

Gentlemen, some of those aware of the deployment of police personnel to protect Electrochem's Songor Lagoon salt factory for years now, have recently raised concerns about their welfare.

Reports indicate that these officers are facing deplorable living conditions, a fact that will spark outrage among law-abiding and patriotic Ghanaians, as sure as day follows night. It was bush telegraph sources that pointed out to us, the deplorable mistreatment of police personnel deployed to protect Electrochem's Songor Lagoon salt factory - who are apparently forced to endure what amounts to hellish experiences. Why should that be the case, Gentlemen?

That abomination is totally unacceptable – as are the egregious reports of the horrific living conditions inside the factory area where the said police personnel, numbering about twenty, are apparently billeted: an outrage that is alarming enough to warrant the immediate attention of the hierarchy of the Ghana Police Service. Now, not tomorrow!

In light of all the above, the new Inspector General of Police should withdraw all police personnel - said to number about 40 altogether inside and outside the factory - from the site without delay.

Electrochem should be asked to hire a private security firm to guard its factory and the designated area allocated to it, outside of the factory grounds, the authentic borders of which should conform to what's delineated in the contract with the local indigenous Ga Dangbe salt-winning communities along the Songhor Lagoon shoreline, signed in 2020, during the era of the Akyem Mafia dominance of our national bedrock systems. That, Gentlemen, will doubtless ensure the safety and well-being of both the factory and the well-being of the under siege surrounding communities - who have borne the brunt of the vile corporate culture of those managing Electrochem's operations at the Ada Songhor Lagoon.

Thanks.
Yours in the service of Mother Ghana,
Kofi Thompson
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