Wa, Feb 06, - Eight hundred and
fifty police applicants have taken written examination at the Wa Polytechnic to
end week-long screening for the 2017/2018 police recruitment exercise, leaving
some 1,561 ineligible for the next stage of selection.
Some 2,411 Ghanaian youth surged
at the Wa Jubilee Park in the Upper West Region last week to undertake physical
inspection for enlistment into the Ghana Police Service.
But the police administration on
Sunday selected 850 qualified applicants who wrote written examinations as part
of the screening process towards final enlistment into the service.
Out of the 850 prospective
recruitments, 650 falls under the General Duty category while 200 are for
Tradesmen including; [Caterers/Hospitality, Electricians, Electrical
engineering, Nurses, Midwives and Marines] among others.
For a candidate to be eligible
for enlistment into the service, the police administration required that the
person ought to be a Ghanaian who is not less than 18 years and not more than
25 years of age.
The candidate must also be at
least 5 feet 8 inches [173cm] tall for males and 5 feet 4 inches [163] for
females.
He or she must be physically fit
according to the Ghana Police Service standard, and should be of good character
without any criminal record.
ACP David Eklu, Director-General,
Police Public Affairs and Police Management Board (POMAB) member who supervised
the Upper West Region told Ghana News Agency on Sunday that the examination was
about general knowledge covering national and international affairs.
On why some applicants were
disqualified, ACP Eklu said: "Some candidates did not have the right
documentations, they were discrepancies between their dates of birth on their
JSS certificates and then their SSS certificates."
"Some also typed the wrong
information on the internet and others claimed of having Bachelor of Arts but
came with Diploma, so they were asked to go back without the right documents."
The examination is one of the
several ways the police apply to find and identify suitable candidates for
recruitment into the Ghana Police Service.
After the exams, ACP Eklu said,
the candidates would go through the medicals stage but the date was yet to be
communicated to them.
“The experience in Wa here has
been quite encouraging, we didn't have any interference coming from any
quarters and candidates were also given a fair opportunity. So those who didn't
understand came and we explained to them," he said.
He advised parents, guardians and
students to always have good documentation.
"Documentation is very
important right from your JSS, your date of birth and your certificates must
have same names and spellings, you must have copies of the," he said.
GNA
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