One of Ghana’s top police officers was met with uncontrollable laughter from his subordinates after suggesting they have less sex ahead of December’s general election.

“We all need energy to work during the elections,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police Afful Boakye-Yiadom earlier this week, adding:

I therefore advise all of you to eat well; reduce your sexual rounds.”

You can watch a snippet from his speech here – as well as see pundit Reuben Abati tell Arise TV the whole thing “smacks of phallophobia” and is “an attack on the erection industry”: