Traditional Authorities Calls on Government to Consult Them on Police Recruitment.

The Akwamuhene of Abisim Traditional Council in the Sunyani Municipality of the Bono Region, Nana Oppong Fosuhene has called on the government and the Ghana Police Service to consult the traditional leaders in the country on police recruitment.

According to him, the traditional authorities (Nananom) are the custodians of the land and are the ones who stayed with the people in the various communities hence can identify the good and bad nuts among the people who may be recruited in the service.

He added that Nananom can conduct a proper investigation for the government by visiting the recruited personnel's family to get background information about the person before he or she is recruited into the service. 

According to him, the recent attitude and bad records of some police officers are destroying the good image of the service and government.

Nana Fosuhene disclosed this during a day's durbar organized by Save Environment Foundation a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) on Case Tracking System at Abisim.

The government of Ghana with support from the US government is implementing a Case Tracking System Project in some selected police stations across the country where cases at the police station can be tracked by the police at the national headquarters.

He commended the NGO for educating the citizen on the case tracking system which has come to stay to help handle all cases across the country. 

The District Police Officer in charge of Abisim Police Station, Chief Inspector Veronica Ocran Amankwa also called on the citizens of Abisim to collaborate with the police in exercising their a duty when it comes to security.

Story by Opamago Paparichy.