Majority rejects secret security services recruitment allegations by the minority NDC

Majority in Parliament has strongly rejected the NDC’s allegations of NPP Parliamentary candidates being allocated thirty (30) slots each to recruit party supporters into the country’s security services.

The Majority therefore described the allegation as being mathematically and administratively ludicrous, stressing that there is no way the security service can recruit over 8,000 applicants as it traditionally recruits between 1,000 and 1,200 applicants.

Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the Minority Leader, alleged during a news conference in Parliament on May 20, that all NPP Parliamentary candidates have been allocated 30 slots each to select NPP loyalists to fill positions within the security services, including the Police and Army.

“The NDC Minority can authoritatively state that not long ago, the NPP government again illegally and fraudulently has given out 30 slots to all NPP parliamentary candidates across the country for recruitment into the security services,” he alleged.

However, the NPP Majority has rejected the allegations, urging their colleagues to refrain from spreading “misinformation and to respect the intelligence of Ghanaians.”

Addressing a press conference in response to allegations, Deputy Majority Leader Patricia Appiagyei said, “No parliamentary candidate or Member of Parliament has been allocated any recruitment slots into any of our security services.”

Deputy Majority Patricia Appiagyie (L) and Majority Chief Whip Annoh-Dompreh
“The Minority’s assertion that 276 NPP parliamentary candidates, including 138 sitting MPs, have each been given 30 recruitment slots is mathematically and administratively ludicrous.

“To suggest that 8,250 new recruits could be absorbed into our security forces, in a system that traditionally accommodates between 1,000 to 1,200 recruits annually, shows a profound misunderstanding of the operational and financial frameworks of our security institutions.

“The claims by Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson are a deliberate distortion of reality and a malicious fabrication aimed at undermining the integrity of the government. Such allegations serve only to provoke unwarranted tension and foster an environment of mistrust and political rivalry that our country does not need.”

“We urge the Minority to refrain from spreading misinformation and to respect the intelligence of the Ghanaian public. Such tactics are beneath the dignity of our democratic processes and could potentially endanger the peace and security of our nation,” she said.