[ 2017-02-26 ]

President Akufo-Addo

Akufo-Addo urges Police to be neutral
President Akufo-Addo has urged the Ghana Police
Service to be neutral in the discharge of their
duties.

He said the Police service must not be seen to be
tying their wellbeing to the governing party to
ensure their objectivity and impartiality.

Speaking at this year’s West Africa Security
Service Association (WASSA), annual socialization
program in Accra, the president said his
administration will ensure the police service
maintains its independence.

He promised that his government will not interfere
with the operations of the service.

“It is in everybody’s interest that the police
service retains the neutrality and professionalism
guaranteed under the constitution. Governments
have term limits. In a multi-party democracy,
parties win and lose power. It is good for the
nation that this is so.”

“And this why the police should not be made to
tie their wellbeing or otherwise to the fortune of
the ruling party of the day.

As president, and together with the leadership of
the police service, we will ensure that you are
left to focus on you core mandate and not be an
appendage of my government.”

“I envisage a police service that goes about its
duty of protecting the ordinary citizen,
confidence that there that there will not be
interference from the powers that be,” he said.


Nana Akufo-Addo further noted that more personnel
needed to be recruited into the police service to
enable it perform its role effectively.

“My government will continue recruitment into
the police service with the aim of meeting the UN
ratio. We will also ensure a gender equity in this
regard.

We must get a more professional police service
where recruitment and training practices are of
acceptable international standards.

We will go back to the old days of policing, where
people thought all the efforts of the police was
meant towards making their lives comfortable and
secure,” he said.

Source - citifmonline.com

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