Government could have recruited 15,000 security personnel annually – Nitiwul

Former Defence Minister and Bimbilla MP, Dominic Nitiwul, has argued that the government could have recruited up to 15,000 personnel into the security services each year to help tackle rising youth unemployment. Speaking in an interview on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen show, he acknowledged recent efforts to increase recruitment but described them as inadequate in […]


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