The Adentan Member of Parliament (MP), Ramadan Adamu Mohammed, has lamented about the current agitations by NDC grassroots members over their mass disqualification from the security services recruitment.
According to Ramadan Adamu Mohammed, during the NPP’s tenure, all MPs had to do was just submit a list of interested persons who wanted to join the security services, and they would jump the process to the medical before you know it, and they are already in uniforms.
Ramadan Adamu Mohammed further lamented that under the NDC unfortunately the party likes to follow the rules too much.
Speaking to some members of NDC in the Adenta constituency, Ramadan Adamu Mohammed stated, “This recruitment, during the NPP’s tenure, all they would ask was to bring the interested person’s name for recruitment.
The person will not have to go through the process; the person will jump straight to the medicals. By the time you know the person, they are already wearing the uniform. Unfortunately, it’s like we, the NDC, are following the rules too much. Today, when I got here, a lot of people have complained to me. Our people who have worked for the party must see the reward on earth before they go to heaven”.
Some Ghanaians reacting to the Adentan MP’s remarks stated, “This is the most candid thing I’ve heard from an MP in a while.
Adentan MP basically confirming what thousands of disqualified applicants feel: NDC is sticking to the rules (as per manifesto), but many expected the old ‘bring your name’ style.
Tough spot — merit vs loyalty. Unemployment doesn’t care about party lines”.
“You should be happy your government is painstakingly doing the right thing, or will you rather want our security services to be overly politicised?”, a netizen added.
“Building a nation the right way is definitely hard. How can we break the cycle? Mahama and the NDC have a big task on their hands because people will not wait for the system to be corrected, and then we will be back to square one…!!!”, an X user added.
A netizen added, “Cut the number of vouchers to be purchased and increase the odds to around 1: 20
For instance, release 20,000 service recruitment vouchers when you only want 1000 personnel
That would make sense”
One X user added, “This is misinformation and terrible political interference in the process. If the MP is saying this, has he bothered to use the Floor of parliament to ask for an audit of the recruits in the last 8 years to prove his allegations before even saying such nonsense?”.
A netizen added, “So the complaint is that the current government is actually following the rules?
That’s a new one. But I guess if the rules were written by the other side, following them strictly might feel like a punishment to your own people. Tricky situation.”
Meanwhile, President of the Institute for Security, Disaster and Emergency Studies, Dr Ishmael Norman, has said the Interior Minister Muntaka Mubarak needs to be applauded,
Dr Ishmael Norman hailed the Interior Minister for choosing merit over politics in the ongoing security recruitment.
According to Dr Ishmael Norman, the approach represents a major departure from the political culture that influences recruitment in Ghana.
Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express on Wednesday, Dr Ishmael Norman stated, “I think we need to applaud the minister of interior for being a moral politician and a moral leader, trying to do the selection based upon meritocracy.”
“This, for me, is the first time I’m seeing this kind of thing happen in Ghana, and I am totally immersed with admiration for them. It’s a very difficult choice-making and decision-making process, but I believe that the minister and the committee are still going about it the right way.”
Dr Ishmael Norman added, “So that if they do it in phases, then they are able to accommodate more people, considering the budget, the financial implications involved in every single person that you hire.”
“And so I think, without going into too much detail, again, the minister is on the right path. Meritocracy is not what Ghanaians want.”
“Ghanaians, whether they are NDP or NDC, they want, you know, identity politics, no patrimonialism.”
“You push people in because your party is in power, that’s what they want. It’s very, very difficult to go against the grain of the moral behaviour of the society. But they are on the right path. They should do the right thing… And in the end, victory will again be on the part of the NDC.”
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“During the NPP’s tenure, all you had to do was to bring the interested person’s name for recruitment.—Unfortunately, it’s like we the NDC are following the rules too much”
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—Adentan MP, Hon. Ramadan Adamu Mohammed on the current agitations by NDC grassroot members over the mass… pic.twitter.com/BjFpTKnxoN