[ 2011-06-08 ]

Policemen

Make Police autonomous- Nana Nketsiah
The paramount chief of Essikado Traditional Area,
Nana Kwabina Nketsiah V, has stressed the need for
the Ghana Police Service to be made autonomous to
enable it to operate more professionally and
devoid of political interference.

He said if politicians continued to appoint the
leadership of the Police, the institution would be
turned into a unit of political parties, with
personnel of the service working for the parties
of their choice to come into power to enable them
to get positions and promotions.

Nana Nketsiah was speaking at this year’s West
Africa Security Service Association (WASSA)
get-together held for personnel of the Western
Regional Police Command.

He said the current situation where every
political party that came to power had to look for
Policemen whom it thought it could work with,
created a lot of dissatisfaction within the
service.

That, he said, also created apprehension, acrimony
and apathy towards work, nothing that the
situation could be avoided if the service were
independent.

Nana Nketsiah, who is also a senior lecturer at
University of Cape Coast, said the issue should be
thoroughly looked at by the policy makers and
Ghanaians to ensure that the right thing is done.

He said if the trend continued the larger interest
of Ghanaians would be compromised.

“With current system, a senior and most
experienced Police Officer could be pushed aside
and a junior elevated ahead of him in the name of
political appointment,” he said, adding that
this did not augur well for the country.

He commended the Western Regional Police for their
apt decisions and collaborating with their sister
institutions to maintain peace in the region.

The Western Regional Police Commander, Mr. Moses
R. Ninson, enumerated the various collaborative
efforts the command has undertake with sister
security agencies for maintenance of peace and
protection in the region.

He commended officers and men for their dedication
to duty and country and asked them to give of
their best.

Source - Daily Graphic

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