The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) has congratulated Ghana Police Service for successful security operations during the Christmas and New Year festivity.
The President of the council, Rev. Prof. Paul Frimpong-Manso said the visible presence of the Police on the streets, communities, churches, markets places and other strategic locations within the major cities and towns during the period, especially at the Watch night services was enough deterrent to criminal groups contemplating any criminal activities.
According to him, the high level of commitment and professionalism exhibited especially by the night Patrol Teams and the MTTD Personnel on the major highways must be highly commended.
Rev. Prof. Paul Frimpong-Manso said though Ghanaians are quick to criticize the Police for the misbehavior and unprofessional conduct of a few miscreants within the Service, the Council, just like many well-wishing Ghanaians on this occasion would wish to congratulate them for an operation well executed in spite of the numerous operational and motivational challenges still confronting the service and its personnel.
He urges the Inspector General of Police to let this “Operation Father Christmas” become an everyday operational strategy to rid Ghana of criminal elements seeking to disturb the relative peace the citizens in the country are enjoying.
The Council calls on the government through the Ministry of Interior to fast-track its retooling agenda for the Police Service, especially its numerical strength to reassure Ghanaians of a well-equipped Police Service ready to confront the changing complexities of security management in a modern state and other security challenges that may emerge before, during and after the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.
Rev. Prof. Paul Frimpong-Manso wishes to reiterate its call on the Security Forces, especially the Ghana Police Service to rise to the occasion once again by ensuring a strict enforcement of the law and dealing with all forms of political violence and criminality impartially so as to nip in the bud all forms of impunity in the name of politics ahead of the 2020 elections.
He wishes all Ghanaians a very blessed and prosperous new year.
