By:
Vadze Mensah Divine/Ghana/IGnetwork
The Managing Editor of Insight Newspaper,
Mr. Kwesi Pratt Junior has noticed that, the way to depoliticize the Ghana Police
service in order to function effectively is to provide the Inspector General of
Police (IGP) and other top police officers security of tenure.
His
observation follows the recent crime cases that have been on the rise in some
parts of the capital, Accra, which most of the attacks have been on residents,
mobile money vendors, forex bureaus and even on the Ghana police services
themselves.
According
to the ace journalist, over politicization of police service by changing
Inspector General of Police anytime there is new president is taking negative
toll on the professionalism of the service which in the final analysis do not render quality service to Ghanaians
.
He
explained that, since the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and other
top officers know that if the government leaves power they will also leave
office; they will do everything possible to ensure the government stays in
power.
"Anytime
there is new president, there is new IGP and indeed, even some of senior ranks
below him, there is no security of tenure. Top Police Officers know if a
government falls, they will fall with the government. So why won't they do
everything possible to ensure that the government in power stays? Why will this
thing not lead to over politicization of the police service" he questioned.
Mr.
Pratt argued why the state thinks it is important to provide security of
tenure for the Chief Justice, head of Commission for Human Right and
Administrative Justice (GHRAJ) and National Commission for Civic Education
(NCCE) but do not provide security of tenure for the head of the Ghana Armed
Forces, Ghana Police Service, Ghana National Fire Service, and the Ghana Prison
Service.
He further
opined that, the only way to depoliticize these institutions is to guarantee
certain security of tenure for top officers in these institutions.
"If
we want to depoliticize these institutions, is absolute important that the
leadership these institutions are not political agents or agents of political
parties. The only way to do that is to guarantee a certain security of tenure
for the top people in these services and so on"
Edited by: Sir DY/IGnetwork
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