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Protect Your Image, National Security

By Ghanaian Chronicle
Editorial Albert Kan Dapaa,Minister for National Security
AUG 14, 2018 LISTEN
Albert Kan Dapaa,Minister for National Security

The security of every nation is of paramount importance, likewise, agencies tasked with the responsibility of ensuring same.

The National Security Ministry is a very sensitive institution core to the security of the nation, and its image is key in ensuring the efficient performance of its mandate.

National Security has been in the news lately, in relation to controversial issues that risk dragging its image into the mud.

Personnel of the institution have been reported to have been engaged in acts that compare them to land guards.

Security personnel of the institution involve themselves in land disputes, and sometimes allow themselves to be used as tools by self-centered individuals who refuse to use the routes of law to settle disputes.

The Chronicle, in its August 10th, 2018 issue, reported the involvement of National Security personnel in a land dispute in Gbestile on the Tema-Akosombo road.

In the said publication, the police arrested a number of persons who claimed to be working for National Security, but had come to the disputed land to effect arrests, resulting in confrontations.

It is needless to mention the involvement of the security agency in numerous controversial and scandalous activities widely reported in the media, including car seizures and arbitrary apprehensions of individuals.

The Chronicle seeks to remind the National Security apparatus and related stakeholders that, image and trust is very important in the affairs of national security. The citizenry must have absolute confidence and trust in our security setup and its operatives.

Law and order break down when the citizens feel insecure at the hands of the very security agents tasked with ensuring their safety.

Neutrality, equity and fairness cannot be sacrificed by our national security on the altar of people's self-interests.

They should understand that if the law enforcers themselves become law breakers, it creates a recipe for 'an Animal Kingdom' society, where the fittest survives.

They should also know that as agents of constitutional defense, they are enjoined by the same constitution to ensure the protection of the rights of every citizen.

Like a stitch in time, The Chronicle admonishes the National Security to jealously protect its image in order to save nine.

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