IGP Yohuno Ordered to Promote 40 Police Chief Inspectors Excluded From Amnesty Promotion

• The Inspector General of Police has been ordered to promote some officers who were excluded from a promotion exercise
• In 2023, the 40 Chief Inspectors of the Ghana Police Service sued the Inspector General of Police over the non-promotions
• They were supposed to have been promoted during a special exercise that considered officers who had furthered their education

The Court of Appeal has ordered the Inspector General of Police to promote 40 police chief inspectors who were excluded from a promotion exercise

The Kumasi court upheld an appeal filed by the affected police chief inspectors, led by one Chief Inspector Christopher Okpattah.

In 2023, the 40 Chief Inspectors of the Ghana Police Service sued the Inspector General of Police (IGP), the Police Management Board (POMAB) and the Attorney-General (A-G), over what they described as the unjustifiable refusal of the service to promote them.

They were supposed to have been promoted to appropriate ranks during a special amnesty exercise that considered all policemen who had upgraded their educational levels with a first degree between 2008 and 2020.

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The appeal challenged an earlier decision of the Kumasi High Court, which had dismissed their suit and ruled that a Chief Inspector was not entitled to automatic promotion merely by attaining higher academic qualifications.

The court of appeal now says the exclusion of the officers from the promotion exercise, while others were promoted, amounted to an act of injustice against them.

They are promoted within six months and paid all entitlements due to them in line with the promotions.

A key argument of the police service in the case was that before a police officer could become a senior officer, the officer would have to pass a competitive examination to gain admission to the Police Academy or be given direct entry into the academy by a special recommendation by the Police Council in line with police regulations.

Source: YEN.com.gh