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Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur on Friday charged the security agencies to make decisions based on their professional knowledge and traditional values imbued in them. He said the public would no longer accept excuses for their errors, and that, the decisions they make would be subject to scrutiny. Vice President Amissah-Arthur was speaking at the graduating ceremony of the Senior Officers Course 35 at the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC) in Accra. The 66 Senior Officers, who graduated from the course, were made up 42 Ghanaians and 24 officers from Nigeria, Rwanda, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Cote d�Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Mali, Togo, Malawi and Zambia. The new graduates were awarded Masters of Arts Degree in International Affairs and Diplomacy, Governance and Leadership, as well as Post Graduate Diploma in Defence and Conflict Studies and Public Administration. Vice President Amissah-Arthur stated that the GAFSCS would continue to excel if its products continue to adhere to the values of honesty, discipline and hard work. He said the graduates have a moral responsibility to use the skills and values acquired from GAFCSC to be an example in whatever environment they find themselves. �Your role as a leader will be judged by your character, your level of competence and the care that you have for your subordinates,� he said. Vice President Amissah-Arthur also urged the Senior Officers to use the knowledge they have acquired to deal with any challenges they may face in the future. He said �the training you have received from the college is not an end in it itself�, adding that, their countries would demands returns from them. He charged them to work hard to contribute to the development of their respective countries and its armed forces.