The Minority Leader, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, has expressed his concerns regarding the number of years the new Inspector General of Police, Christian Tetteh Yohuno, has served in the police service.

Offering his congratulatory messages to Yohuno, who made an appearance in Parliament on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, Afenyo-Markin referenced the statement released by the Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu.

The statement highlighted Yohuno's 40 years of experience in the police service, a point Afenyo-Markin acknowledged, while expressing his thoughts on the appointment.

According to him, he wondered that if the IGP has served for 40 years, then at what age did the IGP enter into the service, considering he will be attaining the age 60 years in December.

“The minister in his answer, took the opportunity to introduce the new IGP. I want to congratulate him on his appointment. Suffice to state that in the statement from the minister responsible for government communications, he told the country that the new IGP has spent 40 years in the service as a police officer,” he said in Parliament.

Afenyo-Markin, who is also the Member of Parliament for Effutu, indicated that he would calculate Yohuno's age at the appropriate time and verify whether he has truly spent 40 years in the police service and when he will proceed on retirement.

“So, at the right time, we would calculate whether he entered - at 20, 19, or 18, his age and all. But he stated publicly that the new IGP has spent 40 years in the service,” he continued.

He added, “I am congratulating him because this is the first time he's being introduced and then he talked about 40 years in the service. So, I'm only doing the mathematics, whether the IGP is going to retire very soon or what.”

President John Dramani Mahama, on March 13, 2025, appointed COP Christian Tetteh Yohuno as the Inspector General of Police (IGP), replacing Dr George Akuffo Dampare.

In a statement issued by the Minister of Government Communication, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the president, in accordance with the Constitution and in consultation with the Council of State, made the appointment.

“President John Dramani Mahama, in accordance with Articles 91 and 202 of the 1992 Constitution and in consultation with the Council of State, has appointed Commissioner of Police (COP) Christian Tetteh Yohuno as the Inspector General of Police. He replaces COP Dr. George Akuffo Dampare.

"COP Yohuno brings forty years of experience to the position of IGP and is expected to oversee the modernization and transformation of the Ghana Police Service,” the statement read.

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