Between January and the first week of February 2026, Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Christian Tetteh Yohuno has approved the promotion of 12,802 police officers, therefore clearing the Ghana Police Service of a ten-year backlog.
Confirmed by the IGP Secretariat, the promotions range from Lance Corporal to Chief Inspector. The activity primarily involved exceptional promotions and administrative enhancements carried out in compliance with the Police Service Regulations, 2012 (C.I. 76), according to the Secretariat.
The announcement comes after the recent promotions were linked to accusations of nepotism, which the Secretariat has categorically denied and maintained that all procedures followed proper process.
According to the Secretariat, “all unit, district, divisional, and regional commanders throughout the nation’s 25 police regions were instructed to submit the names of officers due for promotion.”
About 11,900 junior-ranking officers received a promotion of one rank out of the total number of promoted officers who served longer than the requisite four years. Special recommendations led to the elevation of an additional 600 policemen.
The Secretariat revealed that officers had filed a large number of petitions alleging unfair or delayed promotion processes, including examples involving troops who had been placed under interdiction for almost five years but were later cleared and released. Following assessment, promotions were given to individuals who were impacted.
The Service was also petitioned by the families of officers who died while doing their duties, and as a result, the officers who died received posthumous promotions.
Source: newsthemegh.com