Ghana Army Recruitment Resumes in Accra: Applicants Get Star Treatment at El Wak, First Video Trends
- The Ghana Armed Forces has officially resumed its 2025/2026 recruitment exercise
- A video from one of the centres showed orderliness as applicants were well treated, with processes appearing to have been streamlined
- This comes after six individuals reportedly died on November 12, 2025, during a fatal stampede at the solitary El Wak venue
The Ghana Armed Forces has resumed its 2025/2026 recruitment exercise in the Greater Accra Region, following a suspension due to the fatal El Wak stampede.
The recruitment exercise resumed in the early morning of Thursday, November 20, 2025.
Source: TikTok
A short clip sighted by YEN.com.gh on the TikTok page of @ghbrain_ showed the possible recruits in white shirts and black joggers, nicely seated on chairs in tents at the El Wak Stadium, waiting to get screened.
Looking relaxed and feeling comfortable, some of the applicants were going through their documents.
A military officer was then seen in the video making some pronouncements to the potential recruits.
Closer look at revised GAF safety protocols
The Ghana Armed Forces, in a statement, said the screening process will now take place across eight sub-centres within five key locations in the region.
These locations include El-Wak Stadium – 2 centres, Nicholson Park, Burma Camp – 2 centres, Air Force Base, Burma Camp, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Teshie – 2 centres and the Eastern Naval Command, Tema.
With this arrangement, qualified applicants, grouped into batches of 600, were sent SMS notifications on their reporting dates, batch numbers, and designated centres.
Source: Facebook
Applicants have also been urged to check the recruitment portal regularly for updates and to strictly follow instructions. Verification can also be done via the recruitment portal.
The statement further added that relatives of applicants will not be allowed at the screening centres to reduce congestion, and that non-applicants will be denied entry.
This new measure comes in the wake of the stampede on November 12, which led to the deaths of six people and injuries to over 20.
According to the Ghana Armed Forces, twelve people were in critical condition, while five received treatment in the Intensive Care Unit. A separate recruitment exercise in Kumasi also recorded five injuries.
People must be held accountable for El Wak stampede
In a comment to YEN.com.gh, a security expert, Yakub Alfa Suleiman of the Journalists Network for Peace and Security (JNePS), emphasised the need for persons found to be at fault in the wake of the six people who died to be punished. This, he believes, will ensure accountability.
"I also strongly believe someone has to be punished to serve as an example for lack of proper management that has caused the lives of these young men and women.”
At the time of writing this report, the video of the resumption of the recruitment process had generated a lot of reactions.
Watch the video below:
Reactions to revised GAF recruitment procedures
Social media users who took to the comments section of the video have shared their views on the resumption of the recruitment process.
Velvet Viper stated:
"Then training go sweet ooo."
Nessa’s Hive stated:
"So in Ghana here, we allow something to happen before we do the right thing, ei."
Qwadwoh Rhich stated:
"But Ghana koraa, why so? If it had not happened that way, like they won’t have even provided tents, eeii."
Vice President Naana Opoku-Agyemang visits El Wak victims
Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that the Vice President, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, paid a visit to the victims of the El-Wak stampede who are receiving treatment at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra.
She was accompanied by the Deputy Minister for Defence, Brogya Gyemfi, the Chief of Defence Staff, Major General William Agyapong, and staff from her office.
Proofreading by Samuel Gitonga, copy editor at YEN.com.gh.
Source: YEN.com.gh
