Boadu-Ayeboafoh Appointed to IGP Advisory Board

General News on Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Source: Graphic.com.gh

2018-11-28

Former Graphic Communications Group Limited newspaper director Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh has been appointed a member of the private sector advisory board to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), who is responsible for leading the Ghanaian police transformation program. A service.

The other board members are Dr. Joyce Aryee, from the Ministry of Light and Salt, president; Dr. Samuel Tobin of Tobinco Pharmacy; Ernest Bediako Ernest Chemists; Mr. Samuel Awua Darko of Vanguard Insurance; Mrs. Kate Quartey Papafio of Reroy Cables and DCOP George Tuffuor, Chief Financial Officer of the Ghana Police Service.

The director general of the Police Public Affairs Directorate, ACP David Eklu, is a co-opted member of the DSP Henry Ayisi Mensah, of the Police Transformation Program Office, as secretary of the board.

In a statement to the Daily Graphic, the board of directors badured that it would work toward the completion of the service transformation program to make it more efficient and functional.

Therefore, the committee intends to engage in consultations at the national level beginning with the Government, Parliament, Police Council, Police Command Directorate, the parties. identified political and other stakeholders such as the Ghana Bar Association and the High Military Command that met the standards were recruited into the service.

The Committee noted that in recent years the qualification standards had been compromised during the recruitment process, which had an impact on the quality of the service staff.

"The time has come for national consensus and understanding that recruitment in all security services must be based on professionalism and commitment to service rather than political patronage."

The commission urged the public to participate effectively in Police Week celebrations starting this weekend to promote greater interaction and public-police relations.

He said that if the public had an obligation to report weaknesses in police performance, it should aim to strengthen the service to meet the needs of the people.