A young Ghanaian Security recruitment applicant has expressed frustration with the government over the ongoing recruitment into the state security services.
According to the young man, the Minister for Interior, Muntaka Mubarak, has disappointed them.
He explained that he has been disqualified from the ongoing recruitment after the aptitude test.
The young Ghanaian Security recruitment applicant detailed that, as a driver, who was applying to the security services, his test should have been based on driving and how to move a car.
Reports suggest the Ghanaian man was disqualified from all three services he applied to join.
Speaking in a self-recorded video, the young Ghanaian man stated, “We must speak the truth in Ghana. Hon Muntaka, you have disappointed us so much. As a driver who has applied for the service, I have gone through the body selection process. All I did is there you can read it, but the aptitude test you are telling me that I have failed.
As a driver aptitude test, what am I using it for? As a driver, you are supposed to give me a car drive for you to see if I can. But a car was not used to examine anyone, but we are being told that we have failed the aptitude test.
Ghana, if this is how it is going to go, it will not help us”, the Ghanaian man added.
Some Ghanaians reacting to the video stated, “The man has just spilt facts. Wanna leaders for be practical oo. You know the state of the economy, you have a fair idea of those who are applying for these jobs, so you have to consider each and every one. I feel sorry for my man, but it is what it is”.
“The question is, did he meet all the standard requirements and beyond?
Unfortunately, though, but obviously the system can’t take all that is applied, meaning some will be disappointed ultimately.
And please, let’s disabuse our minds from thinking that, once we support a party into political power, we must automatically get jobs”, a netizen quizzed.
“Hon. Muntaka says the recruitment process is orderly. I guess orderly is the new word for watching everyone get rejected in alphabetical order. It’s nice to know the digital reforms are working perfectly to ensure our disappointment is delivered at lightning speed”, a netizen added.
One more Ghanaian added, “While I understand the concerns about the online aptitude test technical glitches, poor internet access in rural areas, and AI-generated questions that may not reflect real-world competence what troubles me far more is a deeper, uncomfortable truth we keep avoiding:
We have young Ghanaians in 2026 who hold WASSCE certificates and university degrees, yet cannot operate a basic PC or sit an online proctored exam. That is not just a recruitment system problem. That is an educational system failure.
If our schools and universities are producing graduates who are digitally illiterate, then no amount of manual testing will fix the real crisis. We’ll just be papering over a wound that needs surgery.
Yes, let’s make the recruitment process fair and accessible. But let’s also demand answers from those responsible for an education system that awards certificates without equipping our youth with the basic digital skills the modern world demands. Both conversations must happen simultaneously”
Meanwhile, 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.
Watch the video below:
“Hon. Muntaka, you have disappointed us”
— SIKAOFFICIAL🦍 (@SIKAOFFICIAL1) March 11, 2026
—A young Ghanaian driver has expressed frustration with the government over the ongoing recruitment into the state security services, after being disqualified from all three services he applied to join. pic.twitter.com/ua0gBBy0KI