Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the Minority leader, has called on the John Mahama-led government to abolish the artificial intelligence-based aptitude tests (AI) that were used during the recruitment into Ghana’s security services.
According to Afenyo-Markin, many applicants faced major challenges with the artificial intelligence-based aptitude tests.
The Minority leader highlighted that he is for AI and IT, but someone from Pusiga or Bunkurugu who knows nothing about IT being asked to write an aptitude test using AI makes no sense.
He stressed that the system must be changed to enable our boys and girls who are not educated in ICT to write it manually, as the military did.
Afenyo-Markin appealed to the Mahama government to review the current system to ensure that recruitment into the security services remains fair and accessible to all qualified Ghanaian applicants.
Speaking on the floor of the Parliament on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, Afenyo-Markin stated, “Mr Speaker, the military did something good. They created a system that allowed people to take the aptitude test directly. If it is possible, the system should be changed to enable our boys and girls who are not educated in ICT to write it manually”.
“I am for AI. I am for IT. But you cannot suddenly call someone from Pusiga or Bunkurugu who knows nothing about IT and ask them to write an aptitude test using AI. If they don’t have the means, they fail,” he said.
“I think it is a serious system challenge that the ministry would have to look at properly because it is we, the MPs, who are carrying the burden,” he added.
In related news, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has retracted and apologised to the Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka, over allegations of fraud he made on the ongoing security service recruitment process.
The minority leader’s apology follows the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Bernard Ahiafor, who referred the issue to the Privileges Committee over contempt charges.
During parliamentary proceedings on Wednesday, March 4, Afenyo-Markin formally withdrew the comments and expressed regret over the matter.
According to him, he did not do that to hurt or to tarnish the reputation of Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka.
Afenyo-Markin stated, “Mr Speaker, I will not do that to hurt him or tarnish his reputation, and if the text of my concern reflected so, it is hereby accordingly withdrawn. I assure you that concerns that will arise out of any matter shall be properly brought to his attention”.
Barely 24 hours ago, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin demanded a public hearing over his Trybe Net allegation after he was referred to the Privileges Committee of Parliament.
According to Afenyo-Markin, he is ready to appear before the Privileges Committee to present evidence of his allegations.
The minority leader demanded that the Privileges Committee of Parliament hearing on the matter be made in the full glare of the public.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament, Afenyo-Markin stated, “Honourable Minister of Interior, I am not too sure you want us to pursue this matter. I repeat, because you and I know what we know. Let the referral be made, let there be a public hearing. Let Afenyo-Markin, who these days is seen as perhaps, according to the allegation, saying something untruthful, and because of that, it is a breach of parliamentary privilege. Mr Speaker, you have the wisdom to exercise discretion.
“I will avail myself, should you exercise that discretion, to a public hearing, and then the matter can be brought to a peaceful rest”, he added.
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I raised concerns about challenges in the ongoing security services recruitment process, particularly the aptitude tests, and called for a review of the system to ensure fair access for young people, especially those with limited ICT skills. pic.twitter.com/TETLAuLoFt
— Osahen Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin (@AfenyoMarkin) March 10, 2026