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BY: Rebecca Quaicoe Duho
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Statistics from the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service (GPS) suggest that January to April, 2019 recorded the highest number of cases of domestic violence as compared to the same period in 2020.
From January to April 2019, DOVVSU recorded a total of 5,778 as compared to 4,879 in the same period in 2020.
The cases ranged from assault, non-maintenance, defilement, threat to harm, threat of death, offensive conduct and rape.
Consultation
This came to light at a national consultation organised by the International Network to End Violence Against Women and Girls (INEVAWG) in Accra.
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Three thousand, two hundred and ninety seven prison officers and inmates with underlying health conditions have so far been vaccinated against COVID-19 in prisons in Accra, Greater Kumasi, the Northern and Western regions.
They include 2,161 officers and 1,136 prison inmates.
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, who stated this, was speaking at the commissioning of intake 28 officer cadets of the Prisons Service at a graduation ceremony in Accra yesterday. He said it was gratifying that none of the prison inmates before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic had contracted the disease.
He expressed appreciation to all agencies of the criminal justice system and other stakeholders for collaborating to ensure the prisons were protected from the menace of the disease.
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The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo), Mr Jonathan Amoako-Baah, says the country will, in the coming months, experience some intermittent power outages as a result of ongoing projects across the country.
A statement issued by Mr Amoako-Baah explained that although there was enough capacity to more than meet demand, works on the Pokuase and Kasoa substations, as well as other transmission line works across the country, have accounted for the intermittent outages.
“Ghana’s system peak demand is close to 3,200MW with an installed capacity of 5,300MW – this means there’s enough capacity to more than meet demand. Some intermittent outages are to be expected on the grid in the coming months due to ongoing projects,” the statement said.
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