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The Director of the Counselling Unit of Ghana Police Service, ACP/ Dr. Phyllis Ama Tebuah Osei has been enstooled Odzikro Hemaa of Amonu Kuma Ekroful and Gyaase Hemaa of Anomabo Traditional Area.
She was on Thursday, October 26, 2023, enstooled under the name Nana Ama Kwentsiwa I by the Chiefs and people of the Anomabo Traditional Area in a colourful ceremony with a display of tradition and culture.
In her acceptance speech at a durbar of chiefs and people, the trained Clinical Psychologist promised to use her expertise in public and private life to advance the course of the development of the traditional area.
The newly enstooled Queen Mother underscored the significance of girl child education in the area to produce generational leaders who will aspire to higher heights in both public and private life. She bemoaned the increasing spate of teenage pregnancy within the area calling on stakeholders to marshal forces in dealing with the menace.
The Queen Mother also urged parents to prioritize the needs of their female children and not engage in acts that would push them into being lured by men to sleep with them resulting in teenage pregnancy.
Accra to the late Mr. Joseph Kwabena Denteh of Assin Ochiso and Madam Lucy Aba Sam of Asona Royal NO.1 Family of Amonukuma Ekroful.
Nana Kwenstsiwa is a law enforcement professional with more than 18 years of experience out of which 16 years have been focused on the investigation of crimes especially in areas of Gender, Child protection, human rights, health and safety of police personnel at the national police headquarters. She is a certified trainer on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and holds a PhD in Guidance and Counselling from the University of Education Winneba.
Nana Kwentsiwa was the unit commander of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) at the Ministries Police station and the deputy national coordinator for the national DOVVSU.
She is currently the director of the Police Counselling Unit.
She served as a UN Police Officer in Darfur as well as the United Nations Mission in Somalia. In 2018, she won the UN Female Police Officer of the Year and the International Association of Women Police (IAWP) Officer of the year award in 2019.
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