The Minority in the Parliament of Ghana is demanding a refund of about GH¢113 million collected from applicants who failed to qualify in the ongoing security services recruitment.
Addressing journalists in Parliament on Thursday, March 12, 2026, John Ntim Fordjour accused the government of exploiting unemployed youth through the recruitment exercise.
He alleged that the structure of the recruitment process resembled a Ponzi scheme designed to take money from applicants.
According to him, more than 506,000 young people applied to join the security services under the Ministry of the Interior, including the Ghana Police Service, Ghana Immigration Service, Ghana National Fire Service, and the Ghana Prisons Service.
He explained that many of the applicants paid GH¢220 for each application form, hoping to secure employment in the security services.
Mr. Ntim Fordjour expressed concern after the Interior Minister, Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak, announced that only about 5,000 applicants would be recruited from the large pool of applicants.
He questioned why the government allowed more than half a million young people to apply if the intention was to recruit only a small number.
The Minority is therefore calling for an independent bipartisan investigation into the centralized recruitment process.
Mr Ntim Fordjour demanded that the government refund the GH¢220 application fees to applicants who were disqualified, especially those affected by what he described as technical problems during the aptitude tests.
He added that many applicants bought multiple forms to apply to different security agencies, increasing the financial burden on them.
By: Jacob Aggrey
