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The Member of Parliament for Assin South and Ranking Member on the Parliamentary Select Committee on Security, Rev John Ntim Fordjour, has rejected a proposal by the Minister of Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, and the Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, for the recruitment age limit for the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) to be increased to 35 years.
Describing the proposal as a “misconceived and misguided populist agenda,” Rev Fordjour alleged that it was an attempt to recruit unqualified and overaged political party supporters [foot soldiers] into the Armed Forces.
“We will resist every attempt by the NDC to load their overage foot soldiers into the Ghana Armed Forces. The Ghana Armed Forces is not a dumping ground for overage NDC foot soldiers,” he said.
Rev Fordjour cautioned that the NDC’s leadership must recognise that it is “extremely backward and dangerous” to force unqualified individuals into the military as a form of political patronage.
He further urged the government to stop any undue interference in what he described as the credible and professional recruitment process of the Ghana Armed Forces.
