Opposition lawmakers in Ghana’s Parliament are accusing the Akufo-Addo administration of politicising recruitment into the country’s security agencies.
Addressing the press in Parliament on Friday, the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, said the government has undertaken a recruitment process without giving the required notice.
He described these alleged recruitments into the army, police service and immigration service as being “clandestine” in nature.
The Minority Leader also said this constitutes a form of discrimination by the New Patriotic Party government.
“There is some training going on at the police depots… There is some training going on between [the depots] Tesano and Pwalugu. This is not an acceptable public service practice,” Mr. Iddrisu was quoted by CNR as saying.
“Due process has been ignored by this government and by the political administration to serve their narrow partisan interests that will undermine their cohesion.”
“The idea of a public notice allows every eligible Ghanaian citizen desirous of to apply,” he noted further.
Mr. Iddrisu said the Minority will be demanding a response from the Ministers of Interior and Defence.
“I will accordingly be filing an urgent question to demand that,” the MP for Tamale South assured.
The Ghana Police Service had earlier announced suspension of all recruitment and training of would-be officers in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. It still remains unclear whether the earlier recruits have been asked to return to camp amid growing concerns from the opposition MPs.
Source: Daily Mail GH
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