Africa-Press – Namibia. THE newly built Ongha police station in the Ohangwena Region has been officially opened.
The inspector general of the Namibian police, Lieutenant-General Joseph Shikongo officiated at the event Wednesday morning.
Shikongo said that Ongha-based police officers were able to provide policing services to the local communities for the past 24 years, but the condition under which they operated left much to be desired.
“It was for this reason that our government found it befitting to construct a modern facility to improve service delivery to the community and also improve the working conditions of our members,” he said.
The full-fledged Ongha police station is equipped with four vehicles to ensure efficient service delivery to the communities.
The facility comprises a charge office; an administrative block with nine offices and a board room; gender-based violence unit; two radio control rooms; a computer/IT server room; two record rooms; a processing room; a visitors’ room; an armoury/safe room; interrogation room; identification room; holding cells; kitchen; a guard house; ablution block; water tower and tanks; two fuel tanks and pumps with a capacity of 30 000 litres; dispensers and a canopy among others.
The construction of new police facilities at the Ongha settlement forms part of a government plan to expand policing services to all corners of the country.
The construction site for the N$36 million project was handed over to the contractor in February 2020 and the construction was completed last month.
Ongha is located mid-way between Ondangwa and Oshikango. It is an important settlement where police officers have for many years operated from dilapidated pre-cast structures.
Recently, Shikongo also handed over the newly renovated police holding cells at Kavango East as well as newly constructed houses and police barracks at Eenhana in the Ohangwena Region.
He is also expected to handover another newly constructed police barracks at King Nehale Checkpoint in the Oshikoto Region.
He will also be opening two police sub-stations at Ndama and Sauyemwa locations in Rundu, Kavango East Region.
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