A security analyst, Saani Adib has called on the Ministry of National Security to take security issues in the country seriously.
His comment came on the back of the government’s launch of the citizen awareness campaign to tackle terrorism in the country.
The National Security Ministry launched a citizen awareness campaign dubbed ‘See Something, Say Something’ to encourage people to report suspicious acts that may compromise the safety of the residents and the sovereignty of the country.
The aim of this campaign, among other things, is to get citizens highly alert and report suspicious characters in the wake of terrorist threats within the West African sub-region to the security agencies.
It forms part of the operational strategy in collaborating efforts between security agencies and the citizens to safeguard the borders of the country.
Speaking to Mark Smith on the Daybreak Upper East show on A1 Radio, Mr. Adib said, ‘See Something, Say Something’ is not Ghana music awards where there should be ambassadors.
He said, ” See Something, Say Something is okay but I have a problem with the fact that it came late and the fact that we seem to be joking with the whole thing by outdooring the so-called ambassadors. This is serious business, not Ghana music awards. This is technical. We need civil society to do the work, not ambassadors. What will ambassadors do?”
“We need people on the field who are already engaging people in peacekeeping and peace building”.
According to Saani Adib, National Security should be investigated for leaking sensitive information about security to the public
He said, “how come the letter written the same day got leaked? That means, we have to investigate the activities of [the] National Security Ministry”.
It would be recalled that the Ministry of National Security stated that it had gathered intelligence that indicated the suspicious movement of a group of persons along a mountainous area that borders Bunkpurugu/Nankpanduri District in the North East Region and Garu District in the Upper East Region.
The National Security Coordinator, Amb. Maj-Gen Francis Adu-Amanfoh (rtd) in a leaked memo on Friday, June 3, says the group was reportedly sighted aboard motorbikes dressed in apparel that hid their faces and headed for the mountainous area in the Garu District.
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