The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak, has announced that candidates who pass the medical assessment in the ongoing security services recruitment but are not absorbed into the current intake will be considered for future recruitment exercises.
Addressing the media in parliament today, he said government has directed that the data of such candidates should be kept so they can be considered when new vacancies become available.
Mr. Mubarak explained that the current recruitment exercise forms part of the 2025 security services recruitment, which is being conducted in phases.
He noted that the instruction from the President was to ensure that candidates who successfully pass the medical stage are not completely left out if they are not selected in the first phase.
“The present instruction is that those who qualify and pass the medicals should have their data kept. This is the first phase,” he stated.
The minister said government was hopeful that once the country’s financial situation improves and Ghana exits the International Monetary Fund programme, another recruitment exercise could take place in 2026.
He explained that when that happens, authorities would select candidates from the existing database of applicants who had already passed the medical assessment.
According to him, this approach would save applicants from going through the entire recruitment process again.
Mr. Mubarak Muntaka added that if a long period passes before the next recruitment exercise, candidates may only be required to repeat the medical examination rather than start the process from the beginning.
He indicated that the measure was intended to make the recruitment process more efficient while also giving qualified candidates another opportunity to serve in the security services.
By: Jacob Aggrey
