Ghana Interior Minister Announces Major Recruitment Reforms After El-Wak Tragedy
Ghana’s Interior Minister, Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak, has announced sweeping changes to the national security services recruitment process after the deadly stampede at the El-Wak Sports Stadium that killed six young applicants. His plan shifts the entire system toward safety, tighter crowd management, and smaller screening batches. Speaking on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show on Monday, November 17, the minister said the revamped recruitment window will now run until December 19, giving agencies enough time to process applicants without repeating the chaotic conditions that led to the disaster. The centrepiece of the reforms is a strict rule: no more than 1,000 applicants will be screened at any centre per day. Decongesting the Centres: More Locations, Smaller Crowds To avoid dangerous overcrowding, the minister said the security services—GAF, Police, Immigration—will dramatically increase the number of screening sites nationwide. The Greater Accra Region, […]
