No security officer has left Jubilee House over unfair treatment – Presidency rubbishes claim by Charles Owusu

The Presidency has dismissed claims by a former Head of the Monitoring Unit at the Forestry Commission (FC), Charles Owusu that some security personnel at the Jubilee House have left because of “unfair treatment”.

Charles Owusu, who was a panelist on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo morning show on Friday said, about 77 security officers have left the presidency because they could not contain bad treatment. “Go to Jubilee House and see, the police, soldiers and everyone complaining; it got to a point where almost 77 security personnel decided to leave Jubilee House and go back to the unit. I know many of the people who have gone back. What type of treatment are you giving them?”, he queried .

False allegation
But, a press statement issued by the Communications Director at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin on Sunday, September 3, said the allegation is false. “The Office of the President would like to put on record that at no point in the tenure of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, from 2017 till date, have seventy-seven security personnel left Jubilee House to their respective units.”

“Indeed, no security officer has left Jubilee House because of “unfair treatment meted out to them at the seat of the presidency. Curiously, at no point in Mr. Owusu’s submissions did he provide any evidence whatsoever to buttress these false claims.”

Own volition
According to Mr Arhin, any security officer who has left Jubilee House did so on his own volition and not due to any unfair treatment. He thus urged the public to disregard the false accusation. “It is important to stress that any security officer who has left Jubilee House has either been due to disciplinary reasons, or as a result of a voluntary decision made by the security officer in question.”

“We urge the public to disregard these false claims, and treat them with the contempt they deserve,” the statement said.