The Private Security Guard Association of Ghana (PSGAG) has appealed to the government to consider rebranding private security companies to provide better working conditions and benefits for security guards.
According to the PSGAG President, Roland Obibah Mensah, private security guards face numerous challenges, including delayed salary payments, low wages, and lack of benefits.
Mensah emphasized that these challenges can be addressed through a comprehensive rebranding of private security companies by the government, hence the appeal to the president, John Dramani Mahama to hear them.
"We believe that rebranding private security companies can transform us into job hubs, providing opportunities for unemployed youth and reducing unemployment rates," Mensah said.
The PSGAG is seeking dialogue with the Association of Private Security Organisation Ghana (APSOG) and government security institutions to address the challenges faced by security guards.
In an exclusive interview on Fabea FM's 'Me Man Ho Dadwen' show on Wednesday, 22nd January, 2025, with Apiah-Kubi, Mensah emphasized that addressing these challenges will not only improve the working conditions of security guards but also boost their morale and encourage more youths to take up security guard jobs and abate unemployment crisis, and employ them in the 24hour economy policy in Ghana.
"We are calling on the government to intervene and help resolve these challenges once and for all," Mensah said.
"We believe that with the right support and resources, private security companies can become more attractive employers, providing better working conditions and benefits for their employees", he continued.
The Association will also be taking steps to collaborate with our employers and government institutions to upgrade the guards on short security courses, regular security training seminars and daily security tips from security experts to keep them abreast with new trends in the field of security.
The Association will confidently Stand on its feet and dialogue with their employers to resolving challenges in the Private Security. Once this achieved, the job will now become more attractive and as raise high morale among the security guards in to discharge their duties.
In effect, security guards would be able to save, and afford three square meals a day, pay rent, utility bills and afford to carter for other personal needs. More youths will also venture into security guard jobs, therefore reducing unemployment in the country.
The Association is therefore encouraging all private security guards across the country to join the association without any fear or panic. The laws of Ghana do not prevent any individual from joining an association or union of his or her choice.
To resolve these challenges, the association is calling on government to intervene and help solve above challenges in the Private Security once and for all. Association is therefore encouraging members to continue to work hard and remain calm regardless of their challenges whiles the association takes it course. Members are also encourage to remain united, focus on the agenda of the association, speak one language as one people, think of the future and fight for their rights.
Security is expensive therefore we as an association, appealing to our employers to be ready to pay attractive remunerations to their employees. Private security guards deserve better.
Let us all join hands to transform our security system in this country to a different brand of recognition.
Mensah concluded by appealing to government institutions, NGOs, stakeholders, companies, and individuals to support the association with logistics and financial resources to help address the challenges faced by security guards.
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