GAF recruitment suspended, Defence minister explains
action
Audrey Micah, Ghanadot
Accra, June 11, Ghanadot - The
Defence Minister, General J.H. smith (rtd), has explained
the action of the Military High Command in postponing the
2008 recruitment into the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF).
He gave the explanation that the action had to be taken
after investigations had established unrelenting complaints
by the general public over irregularities in the exercise.
According to him, investigations conducted after the
complaints confirmed serious anomalies that flawed the well
laid down recruitment procedures in the 2008 enlistment
exercise.
He disclosed to the floor of Parliament that, GAF commenced
the 2008 general recruitment exercise on March 10, 2008 and
at the end of the initial screening 798 applicants were
shortlisted for a further screening exercise in Accra.
When asked by the MP for Nkoranza North, Major Derek Yaw
Oduro (rtd) about the fate of the 420 potential Army
recruits whose training had been suspended, the minister
said following persistent complaints, a board of inquiry was
set up and from the 420 selected, only 228 were detected to
have passed through all stages of the recruitment exercise.
He added that the names of the remaining 192 were,
"illegally inserted" thus the Military High Command had to
accept the recommendation to suspend the recruitment of all
the 420 applicants for the training.
The minister maintained that the other reason for the
suspension of the exercise was based on a routine visit to
the garrison, which revealed that "'the ARTS was so
inadequate that it would end up corrupting our final
products."Gen Smith reiterated
that the recruitment funding would rather be used to improve
physical conditions in the training school.
According to him,"the training of
the 420 had to be suspended in good faith in order to
preserve the security and safety of the citizens of the
state.”
He assured that as soon as the anomalies were rectified, new
recruitment exercise will resume, so that the affected
applicants might re-apply.
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