The
Member
of
Parliament
for
Bawku
Central,
Mahama
Ayariga,
has
stated
that
the
government’s
announcement
to
recruit
11,000
people
into
the
various
security
agencies
will
be
one
of
the
greatest
scandals
in
Ghana’s
security
history.
Mahama
Ayariga
in
an
interview
with
Channel
One
TV
said
the
planned
recruitment
is
tantamount
to
throwing
crumbs
to
Ghana’s
youth
to
appease
the
disgruntled
public
and
urged
that
the
move
should
be
resisted.
“What
is
about
to
happen
is
potentially
the
greatest
scandal
in
Ghana’s
security
sector
recruitment
history.
This
rogue
exercise
must
be
resisted.”
He
said
the
government
is
only
doing
that
out
of
fear
that
the
recent
unrest
that
happened
in
Kenya
will
also
befall
Ghana.
He
further
warned
that
the
process
which
is
likely
not
to
be
transparent
may
cause
more
agitations
and
public
uproar.
“The
refusal
to
use
a
fair
and
transparent
process
to
carry
out
the
recruitment
might
fuel
more
anger
against
the
political
class
and
so
we
must
fight
for
the
youth
with
no
political
connections
in
order
for
the
youth
to
be
given
a
fair
and
equal
opportunity
in
the
process.”
It
was
recently
reported
that
the
government
would
start
clearing
the
backlog
of
applicants
who
had
applied
to
join
the
various
security
agencies
under
the
Interior
Ministry,
starting
Monday,
July
8,
2024.
The
government
was
also
accused
of
sharing
slots
with
parliamentary
candidates
of
the
New
Patriotic
Party
(NPP).
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