Some Police officers who claim they were forced to retire in 1994, are demanding compensation from the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Police administration.
The officers, numbering about 20, say they were forced to retire before age 60.
Speaking to Citi News, Spokesperson for the retired officers, Chief Inspector (rtd) Ofoe Teye, said government and the Police administration have failed to compensate them despite a court order instructing them to do so.
Mr. Ofori Teye therefore appealed to government and the Police administration to take the necessary measures to ensure that they are compensated.
“I have gotten all the documents with me so that if there should be any establishment of any case, then we continue. I have documents on the court case and the court proceedings so I am begging the government and the IGP so that they can send somebody in order to narrate everything to the person …I am 77 years and I have to ensure that we are compensated before my grave is dug. We have worked for 39 years now and look at me now, we are all in shambles,” a frustrated Mr. Teye said.
Wives of policemen demand decent retirement package
In 2014, members of the Northern Regional Branch of the Police Wives Association (POWA). expressed concerns over what they described as extreme frustration that confront their husbands (police personnel) in securing decent retirement packages.
The women said they have been witnesses to a great number of retired senior police officers in Ghana who had become so wretched, despondent and miserable in life, due to the government’s inability to prepare a comprehensive and deserving pension package for them.
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By: Marian Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana