The Minority in Parliament has demanded a refund of the GHC220 application form to applicants who did not qualify for the recent security service recruitment exercise.
The Caucus called on the Interior Ministry to return approximately GH¢113 million collected from over 500,000 applicants.
Addressing journalists in Parliament on Thursday, March 12, 2026, Ranking Member on the Defence and Interior Committee, Rev Ntim Fordjour accused the government of exploiting applicants, describing the recruitment process as a “ponzi scheme”.
He noted that the disqualification of the applicants was done without any fault of the applicants, rather a problematic system such as the Artificial Intelligence aptitude test system, which the Minority has called for its removal from the recruitment process.
The Caucus called for an independent investigation into this year’s recruitment process.
“Without a doubt, the structure of this recruitment exercise is akin to a ponzi scheme criminally crafted to defraud over 500,000, half a million unemployed Ghanaian youth.
“Responding to the plight of half a million potential applicants who have been scammed, we demand that government must refund the application fees of GHC220 per application forms to all applicants who were disqualified who through knock out technological constraints, who were disqualified not because they did not qualify but because of the problematic nature of the aptitude test by the questionable recruitment process. They must all be refunded,” he stated.
The Minority’s press conference follows the Minister’s disclosure that although more than 105,000 applicants have progressed to the medical stage of the ongoing recruitment into Ghana’s security services, only 5,000 positions are currently available.
Interior Minister Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak made the revelation while speaking to journalists on Wednesday, March 11, after parliamentary proceedings.
According to the Minister, the large number of candidates who qualified followed the online aptitude tests conducted as part of the recruitment process for the country’s security agencies.
He explained that although many applicants may successfully pass the medical examinations, the limited intake capacity means only a small proportion will eventually be recruited this year.
“We still have 105,000 who have qualified for medicals. In reality, the total number we can take after medicals is 5,000, so we still face a huge challenge,” he stated.
