Ghana will overhaul its security services recruitment process after a deadly stampede at a military enlistment exercise this week, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.
Interior Minister Muntaka Mubarak said the online application portal for the Police, Prisons, Fire and Immigration Services will open on Monday, but stressed that new crowd-control measures will be enforced to prevent a repeat of the El-Wak Sports Stadium tragedy, which killed six people and injured dozens.
New protocol
In a social media post shared by government spokesperson Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the minister said multiple screening centres will be set up in every region, including up to 15 locations in Accra, to spread out large crowds.
“No screening centre will host more than 1,000 applicants per day,” Ofosu said. “Five hundred will be screened in the morning and another 500 in the afternoon.”
He warned that any applicant who arrives outside their scheduled time slot will be automatically disqualified, a strict measure aimed at reducing congestion.
The ministry also announced a staggered national schedule in which the Police Service will complete its screening before the next agency begins, eliminating simultaneous exercises that previously drew thousands to the same venue.
The reforms follow mounting public pressure on the government to ensure safer recruitment processes after harrowing scenes at El-Wak, where overwhelming crowds surged through narrow entry points during a Ghana Armed Forces enlistment.
Muntaka said the new system is designed “to ensure an orderly, humane and efficient screening process” as thousands of young Ghanaians seek limited slots in the country’s security agencies.
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