Dear Armed Forces,
First, never use the word "unexpected" in your communique. This is an era defined by data and predictive analytics, and such a word, especially from an Intelligence Agency is a mark of gross incompetence. That word must never appear in your vocabulary again.
Now, to the matter of recruitment. You are a force of just about 16,000 personnel, many of whom are currently underutilized. Yet somehow, you managed to sell hundreds of thousands of application forms. How? And more importantly, why? This leads to my second point:
NO MONEY SHOULD EVER BE MADE DIRECTLY FROM A JOBSEEKER, worst of all, by a State agency. That is ethically indefensible.
What you’ve created appears less like a recruitment exercise and more like a commercial enterprise. If this is indeed a business, then you must be held accountable for it.
Let me not belabor the obvious but you must know that the sight of hundreds of thousands of citizens stranded on the streets, disrupting livelihoods on a Wednesday morning, without prior notice to residents, is a serious display of disregard. The Military must not be an instrument of intimidation. You are entrusted with the protection of this territory. That mandate must be upheld with dignity and discipline. No Ghanaian citizen should ever lose their life due to leadership failure, especially within the military.
Now, the solution.
Cancel this recruitment process entirely. Replace it with a rolling, fully online system governed by clear, transparent criteria. Applicants should be randomly assigned to “Military Candidate Assistants” who must never have physical contact with candidates until the official physical assessment stage. This current process is inefficient and disgraceful. End it immediately.
My sincere condolences to the families of the six.
Next post will address the government.
- Driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs isn’t cool
- Driving while tired isn’t cool
- Driving while unlicensed and untrained to drive isn’t cool
- Driving while texting on your phone isn’t cool
- Driving above the speed limit isn’t cool!
- Driving faulty & malfunctioned cars isn’t cool!
- Driving cars with no proper insurance isn’t cool!
🚨ATTN🇬🇭✊🏾⛓️💥: "When I say ‘Aluta!’, you respond ‘Continua!’ Ghana has never seen a day as great as this..." writes @Ama_governor Esq. from her cell, in an empowering letter released just as the 3-day #FreetheCitizens#SayNoToGalamsey protest begins today.
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