Minority welcomes security recruitment increase but calls for proper funding

Bimbilla MP and former Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, has expressed support for the government’s decision to expand recruitment into the country’s security services, but has urged that adequate resources be provided to make the exercise effective.


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