The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, says national security operatives should be made to wear identifiable uniforms.
His argument is that it will easily make them identifiable and help prevent or reduce attacks on them by civilians.
Ayariga's call followed the Garu-Tempane incident where the Military said to be on an operation in the Garu and Tempane area last week were reportedly attacked by some civilians and a vigilante group in Garu.
In a radio interview with Accra-based Citi FM on Tuesday [October 31] Mr Ayariga said although the alleged action of the youth was unacceptable, the Ministry must devise certain protocols when deploying officers to certain areas.
"We all know that there are security issues in Bawku, Garu, Pusiga, therefore, if any member of the security agencies is moving into that zone, there must be protocols, you should be in your uniform so that the civilians from afar will be able to identify you as a soldier, policeman, immigration man, fire officer. In this instance, they were not in uniforms, they were driving in a Landcruiser which was not numbered [registered].”
“They said they were on an operation and the people didn’t know which operation it was in Garu. You come and be in an obscure corner. The military as an institution has no basis for deciding to go and carry out a mass attack on the entire community because one, two or three of their own were attacked. They must understand that these people were not wearing military uniforms for the people to easily identify that these were soldiers for the people to go and attack them,” Mahama Ayariga started.
Source: graphiconline.com
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No, it's not proper for all security personnel to wear uniforms. Police CID do not wear uniforms for special reasons. What we need is for state security institutions to strictly adhere to their code of ethics. If the bullet holes we saw in the vehicle being used by the security personnel is anything to go by, the people of Garu went to far. That is not to say the brutalities meted out to the people is/ was justified. It's the ministry of national security that told Ghanaians that " see something, say something ". The people have every right to want to know the mission of strangers in their community. There seems to be more than what we a are being told in the media. Maybe the volatile nature of the Bawku area makes every security alert for fear of being killed. The people of the area must learn to co exist peacefully and all these unrest will cease.
See this one too, What is ID or Badge for? What is the point of wearing uniforms when their activities are supposed to expose them
Unneccessary argument. Are they school children. All over the world National security don't wear a unify cloth. I wonder some of you MPs travel outside but can't make sound decision 🤔