The Minority in Parliament has petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate the ongoing secret recruitment into the various security agencies.
The petition follows reports of a planned recruitment of 11,000 personnel from a backlog of applicants over the years.
The Minority caucus recently raised concerns about the recruitment exercise, labelling it as secretive and unfair to the larger Ghanaian public.
They also accused members of the New Patriotic Party, including parliamentary candidates, of facilitating the recruitment of their loyalists into the security services.
In a petition to CHRAJ dated July 16, the Minority reiterated its commitment to vigilance, emphasizing that it will employ every legitimate means to stop the “secret, illegal, and unfair recruitment”.
“The Minority in Parliament has petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate the ongoing secret, unequal and unfair recruitments by the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia NPP government into the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), Ghana Police Service (GPS), Ghana Prisons Service and the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC).”
The Minority is petitioning CHRAJ to direct that advertisements for recruitment into public services be published in national newspapers.
Additionally, the Minority is seeking relief from CHRAJ to order the GIS GNFS, GPS, Prisons and NACOC to provide details of the processes and procedures adopted in the recruitment exercise.
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