Do not tie your fortunes to the ruling party – Akufo-Addo to IGP
President Akufo-Addo has stressed the need to collaborate with the newly appointed Inspector General of Police Dr George Akufo-Dampare to safeguard the Police Service from politicians control.
This assurance was made during the swearing-in of Dr George Akufo-Dampare as the 23rd IGP of the Ghana Police Service at the Jubilee House, the seat of government on October 8, 2021.
The President also reiterated the need for the Police Service to perform creditably in everybody’s interest.
“It is in everybody’s interest that the Police Service conducts itself as a principled, creditable instrument of accomplishing the executive’s duty to maintaining law and order in the state. Governments in our body politics have term limits, in a multiparty democracy parties win and lose power. It is good for the health of the nation that this should be so.
“This is why the Police Service under your leadership should not tie its wellbeing or otherwise to the fortunes of the ruling party of the day.
“As president, and together with you as Inspector General of Police, we need to cooperate to ensure that the Police Service is left to focus on its core mandate and not be an appendage of the ruling party,” Mr Akufo-Addo said.
Dr Dampare on his part accepted the role and responsibility given to him by saying “Working with my colleagues in the Police Service and outside it, and also getting the support and the backing of the population of the country we will be able to leave the Police Service better than we came to meet it.
“So that at the end of the day if we leave the service and we are passing by and we see Police people doing excellent job we will be proud and tell ourselves that yes we also contributed and as a result of that we are seeing a different Police service.”
By: Stella Annan | myactiveonline.com Twitter @activetvgh
