Namibia: Oshana police chief urges competency-driven promotions, not based on gender – News

Oshana police commander commissioner Naftal Sakaria has told police officers to prove their competency because they will not be wheelbarrowed into positions based on their gender.

Sakaria said this at the Oshana Namibian Police women’s network workshop at Ongwediva yesterday.

“I want women to position themselves in a manner that it is not difficult to appoint you in a position. Because we are not going to do these things to say ‘because this one is a woman’….