Mubarak Mohammed Muntaka, the Minister for the Interior, 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 video stated, “There is nothing like mass disqualification. Those who could pass through scored higher marks. That is merit based recruitment we voted for”.
Another X user added, “Deciding to introduce technology and AI into this project was a good choice. However, do not try to defend the fact that it was not implemented properly and had many problems, which led to so many disqualifications. Sometimes it is better to accept mistakes”.
“Massa we don’t want long talk, when NPP are recruiting their own they just go gather party boys and give it them. Every time you people want book long or father for all come to election 2028 Hmm pains!”, a netizen added.
In related news, 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.
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 Mohammed Mubarak is currently engaging the media on issues surrounding recruitment into the security services. pic.twitter.com/Ckt9mZRfMi
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