CPP threatens legal action over security recruitment fees

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) says it will take legal action against the government if authorities fail to refund money paid by hundreds of thousands of young Ghanaians who applied for recruitment into the country’s security services.

In a statement signed by the party’s National Communications Director, Osei Kofi Acquah, the CPP accused the government of unfairly profiting from applicants who paid fees during a recent recruitment exercise for the security services.

The party said the government, led by John Dramani Mahama, invited young people across the country to apply for positions in the security services, including the Ghana Police Service, Ghana Immigration Service, Ghana Prisons Service, and Ghana National Fire Service.

According to the CPP, although the government allegedly had financial clearance to recruit only about 5,000 personnel, recruitment forms were sold to approximately 500,000 applicants.

The party further alleged that each applicant paid GH¢220 for a voucher, which it claims resulted in the collection of about GH¢113 million from applicants who were ultimately unsuccessful.

The CPP also criticized remarks it attributed to the chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, describing them as dismissive of young people who were not selected during the recruitment process.

According to the party, the comments—circulating in a video on social media—appeared to mock applicants who were disqualified from the recruitment exercise. The CPP said such remarks should not be taken lightly, particularly given the expectations many young people placed on the recruitment as an opportunity for employment.

The party is demanding that the government issue an immediate apology to affected applicants and provide an alternative employment pathway for them.

It also called for a full refund of the voucher fees paid by applicants, warning that failure to do so would result in the CPP initiating legal action on behalf of those affected.

“The CPP stands with the Ghanaian youth in this situation and will pursue justice to ensure that those affected are treated fairly,” the statement said.

The party urged government officials to prioritize job creation for young people and to address the concerns raised by applicants who participated in the recruitment exercise.

The government and the NDC had not yet publicly responded to the CPP’s claims at the time of filing this report.

Read the full statement below

CPP TO SUE GOVERNMENT ON BEHALF OF “RIPPED OFF” GHANAIAN YOUTH

The Convention Peoples Party’s attention has been drawn to a video circulating on Social Media which shows the chairman and leader of the National Democratic Congress MOCKING the Ghanaian Youths who have been denied entry into the security services to self their Country.

We want to state it on record that it is the NDC as a political party that has formed the current John Mahama led government.

Again it is the John Mahama led government that invited the Ghanaian Youth to apply to be recruited into Ghana’s security services—including the Police, Immigration, Prisons, and Fire Services.

Even though the NDC government knew that they only have financial clearance to recruit only 5000 personnel, they sold forms to 500,000 applicants.

This is not a mistake but a calculative and masterminded plan to rip off the already desperate and poor Ghanaian Youth.

As we speak with each applicant paying GH¢220 as voucher fee, approximately GH¢113 million Ghana cedis has been collected from the Ghanaian Youth who has been disqualified too.

The unfortunate statement by Mr Asiedu Nketiah mocking the “cheated and robbed” Ghanaian Youth cannot be taken lightly because lives were lost in a similar recruitment exercise during the armed forces recruitment.

Again the mocking of the Ghanaian Youth cannot be taken lightly because that recruitment exercise was a destiny changer for most of the Youth whose monies have been STOLEN by Mr Asiedu Nketiah and his NDC government.

We the CPP want to know if it is the official position of government that, the Ghanaian Youth was deliberately denied entry into the security services because, “Some of the disqualified applicants must become thieves, so that those being recruited can arrest them”

The CPP demands that government with immediate effect apologies to all the affected applicants and present a new way to employ the applicants.

The CPP also demand that all the supposed voucher monies be refunded back to each and every applicant as soon as possible or the CPP will sue government on behalf of the applicants.

Lastly we the CPP wants Mr Asiedu Nketiah and other government officials who have employed their children and family members into juicy positions in this government to know that, it is their duty to create employment opportunities for the unemployed Youth of this Country.

It is instructive to remind the NDC government that, they are paid heavily every month and given the fat allowances and fuel the big cars we have bought for them, so that, they will have sound mind to creat the employment opportunities the Ghanaian Youth are yearning for.

To Mr Asiedu Nketiah, your supposed apology is unacceptable and not fit for purpose!

Again no amount of deliberate denial of the Ghanaian Youth decent jobs and opportunities will turn the Ghanaian Youth into a thief or involved themselves in any illegal act.

To the Ghanaian Youth, the CPP stand with you in this unfortunate situation and time. We shall fight side by side to make sure Justice is served.

Forward Ever!

Signed

Osei Kofi Acquah

National Communications Director for the CPP

Source: Ghana/otecfmghana.com