Dr Fred Nana Poku, the Director of Technical Services, Ghana AIDS Commission, has raised alarm over hookups amid rising HIV infections.
According to Dr Fred Nana Poku, Hookups a major contributor to the rise in HIV infections in Ghana.
In a news card shared on X, Dr Fred Nana Poku is quoted to have said, “Hookups are a major contributor to the recent rise in HIV infections in Ghana”.
Some netizens reacting to the revelation stated, “If immigration and police properly deported the Nigerian prostitutes who are coming into the country, perhaps you’ll be able to deal with it. They’re not cracking down on them enough. @GhPoliceService @Gha_Immigration”.
“I don’t get it. How do you have unprotected sex with someone who is easily accessible to everybody provided they pay for the sex?”, a netizen added.
One X user added, “Also, the numerous Nigerian prostitutes across the length and width of Ghana under the guise of “hook up” and those who stand by the streets of Lapaz, etc all over the place are a biohazard to Ghanaians. They’re HIV-infected, and some gullible Ghanaians will sleep with them”.
A netizen added, “It’s absolutely true. Many of these young people weren’t taught any form of safe sex. In fact, many women in relationships are engaging in hookups, and their partners are often chasing after these hookups, leading to the sharing of HIV among them”.
“So the best thing is to make sure those who are practising hookups have a card that shows they’ve tested for HIV and are not infected before anything else continues”, a netizen added.
An X user added, “Not true. They’re even more protective than our so-called boyfriends and girlfriends in the country. Unfaithfulness and promiscuity, coupled with too much fornication among the citizens, is what is causing the spread of the virus”.
The development comes on the heels of the Interior Minister, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, announcing that about 1,300 applicants who participated in the recent security services recruitment exercise tested positive for HIV.
According to the Interior Minister, the revelation informed the government’s decision not to send medical results directly to unsuccessful applicants.
He disclosed that there is a need for proper counselling and adherence to international health guidelines.
Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak explained that applicants who fail the medical examination were provided with contact details to enable them to voluntarily seek further information.
Speaking before Parliament’s Public Assurance Committee, the Interior Minister stated, “I remember the recent recruitment we had. I think about 1,300 also were on HIV. Can you imagine sending somebody a result telling the person that you have HIV? That’s not the procedure. The person has to go through some orientation”.
Also, he asserted that several of the medical conditions identified during the screening are treatable.
“Some of the things that we realised are treatable. People need to know and then also get treatment so that subsequent recruitment they could join,” he stated.
He further encouraged unsuccessful applicants to request their medical results, “It may be something minor, it may be something major. Whichever it is, if you get to know, it will be of great interest to you”.
The Interior Minister also disclosed that the government did not contact the HIV applicants directly but had instead provided a channel for them to voluntarily request their results.
“We provided contact for people to call who were interested in knowing why they failed… We are obliged to give them the results, but we can’t send them to you on the phone,” he explained.
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— Dr Fred (@F_Edzeamey) July 8, 2026
