Minister of Interior, Henry Quartey, has debunked claims by the Minority that the government is secretly recruiting NPP foot soldiers into the security agencies.
Speaking on Citi Eyewitness News, the minister explained that it is disappointing how the Minority ran amok with the claim without verifying. He added that the ministry is recruiting but not secretly.
“It is rather unfortunate that MPs and of course a leader, Minority Leader and a former deputy minister of Interior could actually spew this falsehood into the public. MPs currently are about 137…it cannot be possible, it is not and it cannot be possible. I am rather disappointed in this approach,” Henry Quartey stated.
The Minister said though the various security services are recruiting, there is nothing secretive about the process. He said the announcement would be made soon for all who are interested.
“Yes, we are recruiting but it is not a secret recruitment. We haven’t even started. The agencies are going to send the eligibility criteria. I am sure by this week they will do that,” he explained.
According to Henry Quartey, there is already a large number of people who previously bought the forms but were not selected. So they have decided to use those people instead of embarking on a whole new application process.
“What we are saying rather is that look in the last couple of years people have gone to buy forms. And for some reason, they could not gain admission into the security and intelligence agencies. So we thought it wise that we don’t have to advertise anymore for people to continuously pay monies because you have a certain number of people that per the clearance you have to recruit”.
He, however, assured that there are no designated slots for Members of Parliament or any other person.
“But I want to say on authority and I want to say again on authority that giving 30 slots to MPs is false. It is not true. It has never happened before and I am surprised that they want to go on this tangent”.