Ghana Army Recruitment: Government Targets Enlisting 12,000 New Personnel in Nationwide Exercise
- Deputy Defence Minister, Brogya Genfi, has given some new details on an upcoming army recruitment drive
- The government plans to recruit 12,000 new personnel into the Ghana Armed Forces over the next few years
- Genfi said the recruitment would be conducted across all regions to ensure equal opportunity and inclusion
The government is targeting the recruitment of 12,000 new personnel into the Ghana Armed Forces enlisted into the service over the next three years.
Deputy Defence Minister, Brogya Genfi, announced this major recruitment drive.
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In a statement, Genfi said the cost of recruitment forms will be reduced by more than 40% compared to the previous exercise.
The army also released a statement about the recruitment, saying the commencement date would be announced later on.
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) generally conducts recruitment exercises once each year, often between August and October.
"The enlistment/recruitment exercise will be announced through the official Ghana Armed Forces platforms such as gafonline.mil.gh, gafrecruitment.mil.gh, in addition to the Daily Graphic and the Ghanaian Times newspapers."
The recruitment will also be conducted across all regions to ensure equal opportunity and inclusion.
The deputy minister also gave assurances that the process would be transparent and strictly merit-based.
He further warned against falling for fraudulent recruitment schemes.
“Any individual or syndicate involved in fraudulent recruitment schemes will be dealt with without mercy."
Genfi stressed that no recruitment will take place on social media platforms.
Earlier information on Ghana Armed Forces recruitment
In June, the now late Defence Minister, Edward Omane Boamah, urged prospective applicants to prioritise their health before applying.
He warned that military training is demanding and not suited for the medically unfit because people have died during military training.
The late Boamah had indicated that the recruitment would be rolled out in phases, with about 3,000 personnel expected to be recruited each year.
The process involves purchasing a scratch card, completing an online application, and going through various screening stages, including medical, academic, and physical fitness tests.
The Ghana Army's most recent recruitment
The Ghana Armed Forces began a 2024 recruitment drive for the Regular Career Officer Course and Short Service Commission Officers in September 2024.
It published an advert in the Daily Graphic on Friday, September 13, 2024, providing application guidelines during the recruitment process.
Back then, the Ghanaian army also warned applicants not to engage with middlemen or make unsanctioned payments.
About 90,000 applied for slots in security services
This recruitment process comes after a similar exercise for internal security services in 2024.
The Minister of Interior said about 90,000 persons applied to join Ghana's security services via the recruitment portal.
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However, the approved budget only allowed for the recruitment of 12,000 new personnel across the internal security services.
The categories available during the process include General Duty Recruits and Graduate General Duties.
Trader jailed over security services recruitment fraud
YEN.com.gh reported that a trader was jailed for five years after being accused of collecting GH¢402,000 under the pretext of securing people jobs in the security services.
The convict, Dorcas Twene Amankwa, aged 28, was found guilty by a circuit court in Accra at the end of the trial after orchestrating the recruitment of 97 victims.
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Source: YEN.com.gh
