Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has called on government to scrap the position of a Regional Security Coordinator.
According to him, the position of a Regional Security Coordinator is not in the Security and Intelligence Act and so wondered why the government would worry itself to appoint a person to head such an office.
Mr. Baako indicated that the post has become a normal thing in every government since 2001 even though it doesn't lawfully exist.
Describing the office of the Regional Security Coordinator as an "animal unknown to the laws" of the country, he said "to be honest, the thing is not in the Security and Intelligence Act; so why worry yourself? If it were me, I would scrap this whole Security Coordinator especially based on the evidence I’ve seen. The kind of problems they had."
Though the Regional Security Coordinator was appointed by the Minister for National Security, Albert Kan Dapaah, Kweku Baako stated emphatically that the post is "superfluous", saying it could create a "conflict between the Regional Security Coordinator and the Regional BNI Director, sometimes it comes to even logistics and financial matters not just security issues, not just intelligence issue. When you look at the kind of security architecture we have in the Intelligence Act, I think it’s sufficient".
He also condemned the recent attacks on the newly-appointed Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator, George Agyei, by the vigilante group - Delta Force - last Friday.
Commending the Police Service for arresting five of the perpetrators, Mr. Baako posited that there should not be any government interference but rather the judiciary should be solely allowed to deal with them.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi /Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Kwaku I disagree
we are still making try and error. when will Ghana catch-up?
SINCE NPP CAME TO POWER AND KWAKU BAAKO DANCED AND JUBILATED AT THE NEWSFILE DISCUSSION HE HAS BECOME HYPERACTIVE. MANY PEOPLE APPRECIATE THE ROLE HE HAS PLAYED IN GHANA POLITICS. HE IS INTELLIGENT, COURAGEOUS AND PROFOUND RESEARCHER. AS IF THESE TWO WORDS ARE NOT THE SAME HE IS OBJECTIVE AND REALISTIC. THE ROLE OF SECURITY COORDINATORS BOTH AT REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL, HOWEVER,IS VERY ESSENTIAL. IN THE PAST WE TOOK CERTAIN THINGS FOR GRANTED AND IT COST THE NATION DEARLY. BUSIA AND LIMAN GOVERNMENTS WERE CUT SHORT OF THEIR FIRST TERMS BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO TAKE SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE PRECAUTIONS. THE FOURTH REPUBLIC HAS SURVIVE SINCE KUFFOUR BECAUSE OF BETTER SECURITY PRECAUTIONS. J J IN THE FOURTH REPUBLIC OPERATED UNDER THE SAME OR SIMILAR APPARATUS OF THE PNDC, WHICH WAS OF MILITARY ROOT. KUFFOUR WAS THE FIRST TRUE CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT TO FINISH HIS TERM AND HAND POWER TO ANOTHER CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT BY ELECTIONS. IT IS BETTER SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS COUPLED WITH CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS SUSTAINED KUFFOUR AND SUBSEQUENT GOVERNMENT IN THIS FOURTH REPUBLIC. SO MY DEAR KWAKU BAAKO GO SLOW. WE MUST NOT TAKE THE STABILITY WE HAVE FOR GRANTED.