Border security gets €7.3m boost as Ghana launches major West Africa Anti-Terror project

The project, known as Strengthening and Harmonising Integrated Border Management Frameworks and Technical (SHIFT) Capacities in West Africa, was officially launched at the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) Headquarters in Accra with the inaugural meeting of the National Project Steering Committee.

The meeting brought together representatives from the Ghana Immigration Service, the European Union, ICMPD, other security agencies and civil society organisations as Ghana begins implementing what officials describe as a key regional effort to strengthen border security and improve cooperation across West Africa.

Launching the project, Comptroller-General of Immigration, Samuel Basintale Amadu, reaffirmed the Ghana Immigration Service’s commitment to working closely with regional and international partners to secure Ghana’s borders and contribute to peace and stability in West Africa.