{"id":11940,"date":"2023-07-17T12:47:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T12:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=11940"},"modified":"2023-07-17T12:47:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T12:47:27","slug":"igp-visits-national-chief-imam-elders-of-muslim-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/?p=11940","title":{"rendered":"IGP Visits National Chief Imam, elders of Muslim Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo-Dampare on Saturday, July 15, \u202fengaged Sheikh Dr Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, the National Chief Imam and some elders of the\u202fMuslim community to strengthen relations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The interaction happened at the National Mosque in Accra, with some members of the\u202fPolice Management Board and other officers of the Accra Regional Police Command.<\/p>\n<p>A news brief from the Police said the engagement with the Muslim community was in line with the Police Service\u2019s strategy of\u202ftaking policing to the doorstep of the people.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11941\" src=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IGP-MEETS-CHIEF-IMAM-250x125.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IGP-MEETS-CHIEF-IMAM-250x125.webp 250w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IGP-MEETS-CHIEF-IMAM-600x300.webp 600w, https:\/\/expressnewsghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IGP-MEETS-CHIEF-IMAM.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It said more of such visits would be rolled out across the country as part of efforts to strengthen\u202frelations with faith-based organisations.<\/p>\n<p>The brief said the visit was part of the Accra Regional tour by the IGP, which began two weeks ago\u202fto touch base with personnel of the region as had been done for other regions.<\/p>\n<p>It said so far, the IGP and his team had visited the Amasaman, Adjen Kotoku, Pokuase, Tesano,\u202fMile 7, Achimota, Cantonments, La, Osu, \u202fNima, Kotobabi and Adabraka Police Districts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>GNA<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo-Dampare on Saturday, July 15, \u202fengaged Sheikh Dr Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, the National Chief Imam and some elders [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2990],"class_list":["post-11940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-igpchief-imammuslims-community"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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