Interior Minister, Muntaka Mubarak Mohammed, has disclosed that a number of recruits have been dismissed from security services training schools after it was detected that the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results they used to apply for the various services were either forged or doctored.
He said the discovery was made after the results presented by the applicants were sent to the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, for verification.
The Minister expressed worry about how individuals seeking to occupy positions in Ghana’s security sector are rather the ones indulging in acts that are against the laws of the country.
The latest revelation comes after the Interior Minister recently disclosed that at least 10 recruits had been dismissed from the security services training schools for violating a directive prohibiting the use of mobile phones during training.
According to the Minister, the affected recruits were found to have secretly kept mobile phones despite being required to surrender their devices upon reporting to the training institutions.
Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak, who was speaking during a ceremony to open new classroom facilities at the Asokore Mampong Roman Catholic School, said recruits whose WASSCE results had been found to have been forged or doctored would be put on a red list to prevent them from future recruitment into any of the security services.
He said there were threats to prosecute those found culpable by the management of the various security services.
The Minister also warned prospective applicants to ensure that they had the requisite qualifications before applying to join any of the security services of their choice.
“It’s so shocking that a lot of people forged their results. I don’t know how they think that they will be employed in the Police, Prisons, Immigration, Fire Service, Narcotics Control Commission, or Armed Forces, and the certificate you present won’t be checked.
As we speak, many have been dismissed from the training because they have doctored their results slips,” he said.
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