Former President Jerry John Rawlings has congratulated Brigadier General Nunoo Mensah (Rtd) and Vice-Admiral (Rtd) Owusu Ansah (Rtd) on their appointment and nomination as National Security Advisor and Defence Minister respectively.
The former President, who is also the founder of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), said he was convinced the "noble Generals would work to restore the quality of discipline of the security services to the levels they left it".
"I take this opportunity to appeal to the other retired Generals to support them in their effort to restore their sense of professionalism to the services and institutions under their jurisdiction," the ex-President said, according to a statement from his office signed by Mr Kofi Adams.
The former President also called on serving personnel to bring their influence to bear on the work that needed to be done to improve the sense of discipline and professionalism of the security services.
The security services, the former President said, had not escaped the corruption of values and standards that enveloped the country over the past eight years and it was only through a concerted effort at ridding this canker that the citizenry can have peace and confidence to be able to contribute their quota to the dream of building a better Ghana.
Commending President John Atta Mills for the two appointments, former President Rawlings enjoined him to make appointments that will be approved by the masses through whose sweat and toil change came to Ghana.
"The electorate, particularly the youth expect the new government to practice real change through its appointments and subsequently policy decisions and it is incumbent on President Mills to listen to their voices in making appointments in these heady days of transition," the former President said.