Former Deputy Health Minister, Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye, has spoken against the height requirements by the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) for recruitment.
Speaking on Peace FM's Kokrokoo show on October 29, 2021, Dr Bernard Okoe Boye said all other requirements without the use of the human brain as the basic requirement is discriminatory.
"If you disqualify an applicant as a result of height, then you are being discriminatory like the Biblical Samuel who went to Jesse's house. You are not God to see somebody's heart but the brain is the most important part of the human's being architecture".
"A man is not responsible for height, a man doesn't control how tall he gets. It is the brain capacity that has an input," he said.
The former MP for Ledzokuku constituency explains that it was for good reasons that persons with physical deformities and medical were disqualified despite other qualities.
"If a person has any infirmity or physical deformity that prevents him or her from shoes or boots in the service, their rejection is understandable because it can hurt them.
"If the person also has an enlarged liver which can result in liver failure and the person scream in pain when you say attention, it is understandable," he said.
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He added that most of the requirements dates back to colonial times and were used based on certain perceptions which are not relevant in today's Ghana.
He pleaded with the security agencies to check some of the basics of the requirements for entry into the national security agencies since society has evolved over time and has become sophisticated.
Meanwhile, Security Analyst, Adams Bona, has backed the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS)’s decision to disqualify applicants with body alterations.
He explained that persons with tattoos or scars risk suffering an infection, hence the need to deny them entry into the Service.
The Ghana Immigration Service recruitment which began on Monday, October 25, 2021, saw thousands of potential recruits thronging in various Regional centres.
Some applicants have reported being disqualified because of height, tattoos, piercings, scars and stretch marks.