Security analyst Emmanuel Sowatey has admonished the various security agencies embarking on the ongoing recruitment exercise to ensure that the selection is based on merit.
The Ministry of Interior had announced that a total of 11,000 Ghanaians would be recruited into services i.e the Ghana Police Service, the Ghana Immigration Service, the Ghana Prisons Service and the Ghana National Fire Service.
According to the Ministry, the resolve to recruit that number is “to enhance security as well as to address unemployment challenges in the country so that the youth of this country can be gainfully employed”.
Several young persons massed up at the various recruitment centres this week to submit their original copies of the educational and birth certificates for examination.
They were also taken through the body selection process by the various security agencies.
The number of potential recruits had raised concerns from some analysts over unemployment in Ghana.
Commenting on the matter on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, Mr. Sowatey stated that the agencies must select the recruits based on merit.
The era where the protocol was used to select people through political influence and other means he noted must stop.
He said the recruits must be selected based on the requirements of the various services.
In his view, the recruitment exercise must be transparent, fair and credible for all.
”It is fair to say that when we are recruiting people into the various services, must be fair and transparent. Everyone must have an equal chance, whether rich or poor. Ghanaians must trust in the processes,” he added.
Meanwhile, he wants the country to put in measures to ensure that the youth are able to generate or create their own jobs and not depend on the government for jobs.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana