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Former Member of Parliament for La Dade-Kotopon, Nii Amasah Namoale, has urged service personnel in the Ghana Police to emulate certain behaviors of their counterparts in the Ghana Armed Forces.

His advice stems from the recruitment scam that has hit the Police Ghana Service recently. Speaking on ATV’s political show dubbed Ayem Yi Di Ka, the former legislator noted army officers in general, feared demotion and always ensured they did the right thing.

“In the army the WO fears he would be demoted so they would ensure new recruits have the proper certificates before they are cleared. They would never make mistakes when it comes to things like recruitment. They love to be promoted and the police must learn from them”, he said.

Last Friday, some 206 new recruits who were undergoing training at various police training schools were sacked from the service.

On that same day, Mrs. Beatrice Vib-Sanziri, Commissioner of Police, Director-General/Human Resource Department, wrote a letter to the Officer Commanding PPSTS, Pwalugu, saying:

“I am directed by the Inspector General of Police to inform you to withdraw from training all recruits who do not meet the required academic qualification as follows: Only BECE Certificates (44), BECE and NVTI (22), NVTI (22), BECE and NABPTEX (7), NABPTEX (2), WASSCE (15), City and Guilds (1) and No Certificate (1).”

The affected recruits had either applied to join the service with forged documents or failed to meet the minimum qualification requirements for entry into the service.