The Ministry of Defense intends to completely cancel the intake in advance of a new statewide recruitment drive in August 2025 after discovering 210 unfit applicants in the most recent admittance to the Ghana Military Academy.
Defense Minister Dr. Edward Omane Boamah said during a press conference on Monday, July 21, 2025, called the Government Accountability Series, that an audit of Regular Career Courses 64 and 65 and Short Service Course 62 showed that 210 out of 452 candidates, or roughly 46% of the total, did not meet the necessary eligibility requirements.
34 of the impacted persons are presently enrolled in Course 64 for training, and they have been required to complete all unfinished enlistment requirements, according to Dr. Boamah.
Participants will be removed from the program if they don’t comply. Since training had not yet begun for Course 65 and Short Service Course 62, all impacted candidates have been eliminated from consideration.
He also revealed 2,872 non-officer recruits who have not yet started training despite having fulfilled all the requirements of the most recent authorized enrollment in October 2021, including paperwork, medical exams, and screening.
He clarified that no intake had been held at the Army Recruits Training School in the previous 17 months, despite the school’s ability to teach between 900 and 1,500 recruits every six months.
Dr. Boamah claims that because of the extended wait, many of these applicants might no longer be able to meet the current age, fitness, or medical requirements. That intake has therefore likewise been canceled.
In August 2025, a fresh nationwide hiring campaign is anticipated to begin. Dr. Boamah declared that in order to enhance the screening procedure and reduce fraud, a digital enlistment and recruitment portal would be implemented.
He cautioned the populace against paying anyone to help them enlist in the Ghanaian military.
Dr. Boamah emphasized, “Joining the Ghana Armed Forces under President Mahama will be based solely on merit, not money.”
He asked everyone to notify the proper authorities of any suspected recruitment fraud.
Source: newsthemegh.com