The
Minority
in
Parliament
has
threatened
to
haul
the
Interior
Minister,
Henry
Quartey
before
the
House
over
what
it
deems
as
a
secret
recruitment
into
the
security
services.
This
follows
reports
of
a
planned
recruitment
of
11,000
personnel
from
a
backlog
of
applicants
over
the
years.
The
Minority
contends
that
a
press
release
from
the
Ghana
Police
Service
suggests
that
there
is
no
backlog
to
be
recruited
into
the
security
services.
Addressing
journalists,
the
Ranking
Member
of
the
Defence
and
Interior
Committee
of
Parliament,
James
Agalga
said
the
recruitment
process
must
be
transparent
and
fair.
He
argued
that
the
police
had
cleared
all
applicants
from
the
2021-2022
recruitment
exercise,
hence
any
new
recruitment
requires
fresh
applications
with
clear
eligibility
criteria.
Agalga
has
called
for
advertisements
capturing
eligibility
criteria,
as
done
during
the
NDC
era,
to
ensure
fairness
and
transparency.
“This
is
documentary
evidence.
They
are
saying
that
the
entire
recruitment
process
for
the
2021
to
2022
recruitment
process
has
come
to
an
end.
The
idea
of
a
backlog
is
that
you
start
some
recruitment
process
and
along
the
way
you
are
unable
to
complete
the
exercise,
so
you
have
some
outstanding
applicants
to
deal
with.
That
is
what
the
backlog
is
all
about.
But
the
police
are
saying
that
they
had
cleared
all
the
applicants.”
“What
that
means
is
that
those
who
were
not
shortlisted
and
issued
admission
letters
had
not
met
the
eligibility
criteria
for
recruitment.
So
they
had
drawn
the
curtain
for
the
2021
to
2022
recruitment
exercise.
And
that
is
the
message
we
have
been
seeking
to
drum
home,
that
there
is
nothing
like
a
backlog.”
“This
is
not
the
first
time
the
security
services
under
the
Ministry
of
the
Interior
will
recruit.
In
the
era
of
the
NDC,
we
did
some
recruitments,
but
those
recruitments
were
preceded
by
advertisements
which
captured
the
eligibility
criteria.
“So
all
the
leaders
said,
let
the
minister
for
the
interior
play
according
to
the
rules
of
fairness
and
transparency
and
cause
an
advert
to
be
made.”
“He
[Interior
Minister]
would
have
to
be
hauled
to
appear
before
the
House
and
explain
to
Ghanaians
the
process
of
recruitment
under
his
watch
is
shrouded
in
so
much
secrecy.”
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