Renowned security analyst, Professor Kwesi Aning, has expressed worry over the politicisation of Ghana’s security institutions.
According to Prof. Aning, this political interference threatens professionalism, discipline, and institutional independence in public institutions, particularly the security services.
“Historically, politicians have politicised almost every facet of our public space. The security institutions are only just one of them, but because they carry lethal weapons and they protect the state at the peril of their lives.
“We’ve undermined this loyalty and professionalism and institutional ethos and independence for a very long time – so much so that there’s a certain uncertainty as to who goes home, when and how. And that is what we seek to get clarity and interpretation,” he noted in an interview monitored by The Ghana Report on JoyFM.
His comment comes after the incumbent government dismissed Dr. George Akuffo Dampare as the Inspector General of Police following the change in government.
The newly appointed IGP by President Mahama is Commissioner of Police (COP) Christian Tetteh Yohuno.
