Government to recruit 20,000 security personnel – Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has announced that the government has granted permission to the security services to recruit 20,000 personnel over a four-year period. The post Government to recruit 20,000 security personnel – Mahama appeared first on Ghana Business News .
President John Mahama has announced plans for the Ghanaian government to recruit 20,000 security personnel over the course of four years. During his citizens' engagement with the chiefs and people of the Upper West Region in Wa, he disclosed that the Ghana Armed Forces opened their recruitment centers in 2025, after experiencing a tragic accident at El-Wak stadium where some young applicants lost their lives.
The President stated that the recruitment process progressed through medical examinations and the selection of qualified candidates. The first batch of 5,000 personnel has already been invited for training, with a second batch expected to follow. The government aims to recruit the full 20,000 personnel by 2028, with each year seeing the addition of an additional 5,000 candidates.
The other security services, including the Police, Immigration, Fire Service, Prisons Service, and other agencies, were also allocated 5,000 recruitment slots, to be distributed among them. While the digital recruitment process for these services encountered challenges, they have since been resolved and instructed to continue recruiting using the same pool of qualified applicants.
There are approximately 120,000 applicants competing for the 20,000 positions, and the government emphasizes that this opportunity is available to young people interested in serving in the security forces.
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