President John Dramani Mahama has approved new appointments in the Ghana Prisons Service, effective 1st July 2026, in accordance with Article 207 of the 1992 Constitution and on the advice of the Prisons Service Council.
The appointments involve the elevation of seven Deputy Directors of Prisons to the rank of Director of Prisons and eight Assistant Directors of Prisons to Deputy Directors of Prisons.
Those elevated to Directors of Prisons are Abraham Nii Moi Allotey, Western Regional Commander and Officer-in-Charge of Sekondi Central Prison; David Ofosu Addo, Head of Government Business at Prisons Headquarters; Thompson Otsyokpo, Bono-Ahafo Regional Commander and Officer-in-Charge of Sunyani Central Prison; Edward Ashun, Greater Accra Regional Commander and Commanding Officer of Prisons Headquarters; Joseph Asabre, Central Regional Commander and Officer-in-Charge of Ankaful Maximum Security Prison; Alfred Moses Cudjoe, General Staff Officer at Prisons Headquarters; and Samuel Fifi Dontoh, Head of Procurement at Prisons Headquarters.
The eight officers promoted from Assistant Directors of Prisons to Deputy Directors of Prisons are Joseph Aggrey-Graham, Gandaa Bekanuo Zunuo, Aaron Agbenyegah Agbo, Michael Osei Akoto, Forson Odei, Naja Daniel Donkor, Nasom Kwabena Bawah and Matilda Nyampong.
The Ghana Prisons Service has congratulated the newly appointed officers and wished them success in their new roles and responsibilities. The Service reaffirmed its commitment to professionalism, discipline, effective leadership and the continued advancement of its mandate of safe custody, welfare, reformation and rehabilitation of prisoners.
