Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the minority leader, has tasked Interior Minister Henry Quartey with naming the NDC MPs allegedly in charge of suggesting people be hired by the different security organizations.
Henry Quartey’s claims that members of Parliament from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) had raised persons to be recruited into the security services are concerning and unfounded, according to Ato Forson in a post on X, the old Twitter.
Using his X handle, Ato Forson urged the administration to quit trying to deflect attention from their mishandled hiring practices.
The Minority Leader said that Henry Quartey’s accusations are only an attempt to divert attention away from the government’s alleged ongoing unlawful and covert recruiting activities in the lead-up to the general elections on December 7.
Henry Quartey said he would not follow the Minority’s claims in an interview with Accra’s Neat FM on Tuesday, May 21. If he was bold enough, he would name the MPs and the people they hired to fill security force jobs.
“When the NPP came into power, the total number of personnel at the Ghana Immigration Service was 6,000, but today, because of President Akufo-Addo, they are over 14,000. About 12,000 have been added to the Ghana Police Service.
“When you gaze into the eyes of the dead, you would see a ghost; I’m going to leave it here, I won’t go down that lane. But if they dare us, we will mention their names and the people they brought over the years, but we will leave that for now.”
Using his X handle, Ato Forson urged the administration to quit trying to deflect attention from their mishandled hiring practices.
“I find the recent statements by the Interior Minister, Henry Quartey, both alarming and baseless. His insinuation that members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have participated in improper recruitment practices without providing any evidence is a clear attempt to divert attention from the substantive issues at hand.”
“I challenge the Interior Minister to name the individuals he claims were brought forward by NDC MPs for recruitment.
“Let us move away from rhetoric and towards accountability. If the Minister cannot provide these names, then his statements must be seen for what they are: an attempt to distract from the substantive concerns we have raised.”
