Dr. Benjamin Otchere-Ankrah, Governance Lecturer at Central University, has advised the acting IGP COP Dr. George Akuffo Dampare not to be proactive when he assumes office as the Inspector General of Police.
According to him, the acting IGP not to sit in his office acting on hearsays but assess situations for himself.
Speaking in an interview with an Accra-based radio station, Dr. Otchere-Ankrah made this assertion.
“He shouldn’t become an IGP who only listens to hearsays. Go to the ground! If you are an IGP and only sit at Headquarters, they will swerve. Go to the ground on your own,” he stated on Peace FM’s ‘Kokrokoo’ Thursday morning.
Dr. Benjamin Otchere-Ankrah also urged Ghanaians to support the acting IGP to succeed in his endeavors by providing the Police Service with relevant information on criminals.
“We wish him well but we must also play a part in helping him succeed,” he said.
The incumbent IGP has been relieved of his duty on the directives of the President.
A statement from the office of the President stated that ”the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has directed the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. James Oppong Boanuh, to embark on terminal leave, with effect from Sunday, August 1, 2021, pending his retirement from the Police Service on Thursday, 7th October 2021”.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
