President John Dramani Mahama on Friday May 1, 2026, granted ‘amnesty’ to three hundred (300) Chief Inspectors of Police who obtained between 50-52% percent in the recently held Police College entry exams to enter the academy.
The President issued the ‘fiat’ at Odumase Krobo in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region during the commissioning of a new Divisional Police Headquarters.
Seven thousand, one hundred and thirty-three (7,133)Police Chief Inspectors on Sunday April 12, 2026, took part in a competitive examination for entry to the Ghana Police College as Cadet Officers, and subsequent promotion to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP).
The body which conducted the exams set 53% as the cutoff mark.
According to President Mahama, out of the over seven thousand (7,000+) that took part, seven hundred (700) who obtained 53% and above were shortlisted to enter the Police College.
His intervention for the three hundred has been hailed by Police personnel as unprecedented, no wonder, reports from the various police barracks across the country indicate open jubilation deep into the night after his speech.
Entry to the Academy is so competitive with four hundred (400) Undercadets and one hundred (100) Special Recommendation for exhibiting valour and exemplary in the discharge of their duties already on standby for call-up.
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mr Christian Tetteh Yohuno whose tenure is witnessing this unprecedented ‘amnesty’ in an exclusive interview states that, due to the number, the administration is working out a modality to absorb the cadets in between two and three batches.
Speaking at the function, he expressed the Police Administration’s gratitude for supporting their operation with armoured vehicles.
He cited a recent incident in which his men in the armoured cars came under heavy firing only to be saved by the impenetrable plates
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