Story: Jasmine Afari-Mintah
IPMC lends helping hand to police
THE Ghana Police Service (GPS) yesterday received computers and books worth GH¢12,400 from IPMC, an information technology education provider in the country.
The items included five computers and 200 pieces of books on mental, physical and spiritual health.
The Managing Director of IPMC, Mr Gurdip Hari, who presented the items, said the donation was IPMC’s contribution to government effort in combating crime in the country.
Mr Hari disclosed that his company was setting up a computer laboratory centre at the National Police Training Institute to enhance the knowledge of the police force.
He said the donation was to assure the police that IPMC and the entire Ghanaian community appreciated their efforts at maintaining peace in the country.
Mr Hari said IPMC had trained over 50,000 people in IT since it began operations in the country over a decade ago.
This, he observed, had created a significant number of jobs for the youth in the country, as well as boosted the country’s IT industry.
He further said that it was important that organisations with sound financial background played a major role in the uplift of the community in which they operated.
He noted that the number of computer programmers in the country fell short of demands and that would require an intensive training in that area to prepare programmers to meet the increasing demand for their services in the country, as well as abroad.
Receiving the items on behalf of the Police Service, the Commissioner of Police in charge of Technical Service, Mr Kofi Duku Arthur, said the computers would help them discharge their duties with professionalism.
He said it was refreshing and motivating to know that the people whom the police were serving appreciated their efforts.
He promised that the Police Service would continue to carry out their duties as required, and described the donation as a timely support to the Police Service and also a sign of collaboration between the two entities.
IPMC lends helping hand to police
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