IGP Dropped

Paul Tawiah Quaye and Mrs Robertson The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mrs. Elizabeth Mills-Robertson

Paul Tawiah Quaye and Mrs Robertson The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mrs. Elizabeth Mills-Robertson, has been dropped from the position and offered an ambassadorial job, Castle announced yesterday.

By the development, the lady leaves the Police Service as she picks up the diplomatic assignment.

A statement signed by Presidential Spokesperson, Mahama Ayariga, said Mrs. Elizabeth Mills-Robertson was informed of this decision on Friday at a meeting with the President during which he thanked her for her long and dedicated service to the Ghana Police Service and hoped that she will continue to display her sterling qualities in her new assignment.

The new IGP is Commissioner of Police, Paul Tawiah Quaye.

Until his elevation, he was in charge of Strategic Direction and Monitoring with additional responsibility over welfare.

When she was given the acting headship of the foremost internal security organisation, affirmative action groups were excited that a female officer is for the first time in the history of the Police on the verge of becoming an IGP.

Their hopes have been dashed as the President, in consultation with the Police Council, asked her to give way to Mr. Paul Quaye.

The signs of her removal were boldly written on the walls as pro-NDC newspapers took turns in the past weeks to lambast her. It was therefore not surprising that the acting Chief Constable has been dropped.

Another opportunity for President Mills to make good his pledge of giving women 40 percent of places in his government has been lost with the exiting of Mrs. Elizabeth Mills-Robertson.

She however joins the catalogue of old guard National Democratic Congress (NDC) elements who have been named as ambassadors and high commissioners, as a stranger.

The other ambassadors designate are Hajia Fati Jawula, a former member of the Council of State in the Rawlings regime; Mrs. Margaret Clarke Kwesie, NDC National Treasurer; Maj. Gen. (rtd) Samuel Anum Odotei, immediate past Chief of Army Staff; Daniel Ohene-Agyekum, Ashanti Regional Chairman of the NDC; Modestus Ahiable, Volta Regional Chairman; Ken Kanda, Director of State Protocol; and Lee Ocran, defeated MP for Jomoro.

The new IGP, Paul Tawiah Quaye was born on 6th May, 1953.

He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science and an Executive MBA in Human Resource Management. He was commissioned as Assistant Superintendent of Police into the Ghana Police Service in 1980 and rose to the rank of Commissioner of Police in 2002. He was, until his appointment, the Commissioner-in Charge of Strategic Direction and Monitoring of the Ghana Police Service.

By A.R. Gomda