The pressure group,Community Focus Foundation Ghana (CFF-Ghana) has called on the government to dismissed some heads in the nation’s security agencies to safeguard the peace and security of the country.
According to the group, though peace and security are the heart and soul of any fledgling democracy, Ghana, a country highly touted as a democratic state in the Sub-Saharan Africa has been in the news for the bad reasons so far as state securities are concerned.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 by the Communications Directorate of Community Focus Foundation Ghana and sighted by the AwakeNews said, the insecurity situation as we find ourselves in today as a country is largely to due to alleged biases demonstrated by some security heads. Instead of being loyal to the colours of Ghana, they turn to ”worship” the appointing authority at the expense of the state who they are mandated by law to serve diligently”.
“We condemn the actions and inactions of such officers we call nation wreckers in the strongest term ever. To safeguard our nation’s peace and security, its critically important we name and shame officers who allow themselves to be compromised and take actions injurious of the constitution of the Republic”, they added.
This follows the surge in security infractions including electoral violence, brutal ritual killings, armed robbery among other crimes witnessed in recent times.
The group opined that, “We consider the continuous sloganeering of critical national issues including security by the ruling class over the years very hypocritical”.
The Community Focus Foundation Ghana (CFF-Ghana), are therefore, “calling on the President of the Republic,HE Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to as a matter of urgency make changes to nonperforming security heads in order to reposition the nation’s security architecture and put our nation on the path of sustained progress and prosperity”.
See full statement below:
13/04/2021
PRESS STATEMENT
The insecurity situation in Ghana very alarming; some heads must roll at the nation’s security agencies to safeguard the peace and security of Ghana.
Community Focus Foundation Ghana (CFF-Ghana) is deeply worried about the insecurity situation in Ghana.
Though peace and security are the heart and soul of any fledging democracy, Ghana, a country highly touted as a democratic state in the Sub-Saharan Africa has been in the news for the bad reasons so far as state security are concerned.
The security infractions including electoral violence, brutal ritual killings, armed robbery (high rate of robbery and killing of mobile money vendors and other individuals etc…) and missing persons amongst other crimes witnessed in recent times threaten our collective survival as a people.
Also, the gradual introduction of vigilante groups into our body politics by the political elites to perpetrate mayhem on political opponents further attest to how vulnerable we have become as a nation, when it comes to our security.
We consider the continuous sloganeering of critical national issues including security by the ruling class over the years very hypocritical.
In our candid opinion, the insecurity situation as we find ourselves in today as a country is largely to due to alleged biases demonstrated by some security heads. Instead of being loyal to the colours of Ghana, they turn to ”worship” the appointing authority at the expense of the state who they are mandated by law to serve diligently.
We condemn the actions and inactions of such officers we call nation wreckers in the strongest term ever. To safeguard our nation’s peace and security, its critically important we name and shame officers who allow themselves to be compromised and take actions injurious of the constitution of the Republic.
By this release, we are calling on the President of the Republic, HE Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo to as a matter of urgency make changes to unperforming security heads in order to reposition the nation’s security architecture and put our nation on the path of sustained progress and prosperity.
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Issued by the Communications Directorate.
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