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The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Alhassan has been appointed President of Inspector General of Police in the ECOWAS sub-region. The announcement was made in Lome, Togo, where ECOWAS Security Chiefs are holding a meeting. Mr. Alhassan will lead the police chiefs in West Africa for the next two years after his Ivorian colleague, Bredou Mbia. Reports say, issues of terrorism, cross-border crime and the deadly Ebola disease are taking a center stage at the ongoing ECOWAS security chiefs meeting which is also chaired by Ghana�s Interior Minister Mark Woyongo. Mr. Woyongo has urged member states not to hide information from each other if they could achieve their goals. He said: �The increasing challenges militating against regional peace and stability� call for the need for member countries to �present an effective mechanism for regional integration in the area of security and crime�.