Muntaka Mubarak, the Minister for the Interior, has revealed that only 5000 security recruitment applicants out of 105,000 qualified for medicals will be recruited.
The Interior Minister stressed that the introduction of the aptitude test was to prevent the unfair practice of having 400,000 people pay for medicals for a space of 5,000.
According to the Interior Minister, the pass mark of the aptitude exams was 65, which has 105,000 applicants qualifying for medicals.
Addressing a press briefing on Wednesday, March 11, made this known to the public, revealing that only 5000 applicants out of 105,000 qualified for medicals will be recruited.
Also, the Interior Minister has announced that only 1,000 applicants will be recruited into the Ghana Immigration Service out of more than 180,000 who applied.
According to the Interior Minister, the Ghana Immigration Service’s current infrastructure, logistical capacity and training limit the number of recruits it can accommodate.
Speaking to the media, Mubarak Mohammed Muntaka stated, “The total of over 180,000 young men wanted to join the Ghana Immigration Service. But the interesting thing is that today, the Ghana Immigration Service, the strength, from the Comptroller General to the last officer, stands at 18,300. Less than 20,000, yet you have 180,000 opting to join,” he said.
“Unfortunately, because of the physical space, we could only have space for 1,000,” he stated.
Some Ghanaians reacting to the news stated, “You guys always find means to take money from we the citizens. Look at the number of vouchers sold, meanwhile you guys are recruiting only 5000 people. A country called GHANA, hmmm…..!!!!”.
“Why sell 400,000 then? Cant you sell at least 10,000?”, a netizen added.
“You need 5K humans for a job, you sell over 500K vouchers for what exactly? char this country really dey tear me oo herh!”, one more netizen added.
A netizen added, “So why sell 400000 forms if you knew you only had a space for 5000, you do the math and now you’ve failed us then act as if you’re being nice and considerate”.
Meanwhile, Ghanaian media personality, Saddick Adams, has said NO Ghanaian should be charged any application fees to serve in a security service, only for 90% to be disqualified.
In a post he wrote, “I insist that NO Ghanaian should be charged any application fees to serve in a security service, only for 90% to be disqualified.
Charging your citizens seeking employment? These public institutions have annual budgets and must entail cost of recruitment.
The practice is extremely wrong on all fronts and nothing but plain exploitation!!”
Additionally, Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has called for the AI-based aptitude test used in the ongoing security services recruitment to be tailored to specific roles, arguing that a generalised system is unfair and disadvantages applicants.
He also proposed that the Ministry of the Interior consider refunding the fees of applicants disqualified from the security service recruitment or implement measures to allow them to be recruited in future years without the need to purchase vouchers again.
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