Minority leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has questioned the age of the new Inspector General of Police (IGP), COP Christian Tetteh Yohuno.
He raised doubts about the IGP’s age, indicating that he might be more than sixty (60) years old.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament in the presence of the new IGP who accompanied the Interior Minister to the chamber to brief the house on some urgent matters, Afenyo-Markin referenced the statement issued by the Minister of Government Communications announcing the IGP’s appointment.
According to him, the statement claimed that the new IGP had served in the Ghana Police Service for forty years.
The Effutu legislator is interested to know at what age the IGP entered the Ghana Police Service based on that information.
The new IGP, who’s said to be sixty years old, took over from COP George Akuffo Dampare who’s 55 years old and had a few more years to retire.
“The Minister in his answer, took the opportunity to introduce the new IGP. I want to congratulate him on his appointment. “Suffice it to say that in the statement from the Minister responsible for Government Communications, he told the country that the new IGP has spent forty years in the service. 40 years as a police officer, so at the right time we will calculate, whether he entered at age 20, 19 or 18, his age and all.
“That is just, by the way, I wish him. I am only doing the mathematics as to whether the IGP is going to retire very soon. But Mr. Speaker, that’s beside the point.
In a statement by the Minister of Government Communication, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the President, in accordance with the Constitution and the Council of State, appointed COP Christian Tetteh Yohuno as the new Inspector General of Police.
“President John Dramani Mahama has in accordance with Articles 91 and 202 of the 1992 constitution and in consultation with the Council of State, appointed Commissioner of Police (COP) Christian Tetteh Yohuno as the Inspector-General of Police.
“He replaces COP Dr. George Akuffo Dampare.
“COP Yohuno brings forty years of experience to the position of IGP and is expected to oversee the modernization and transformation of the Ghana Police Service,” the statement said.
Watch video:
View this post on Instagram
