Ghana’s Interior Minister said Wednesday that only 1,000 applicants will be recruited into the Immigration Service out of more than 180,000 who applied, citing limited infrastructure and training capacity.
“The total of over 180,000 young men wanted to join the Ghana Immigration Service. But the interesting thing is that today, the Ghana Immigration Service, the strength, from the Comptroller General to the last officer, stands at 18,300. Less than 20,000, yet you have 180,000 opting to join,” Mubarak Mohammed Muntaka told reporters.
He explained that the Service’s facilities can only cater for about 1,000 new recruits. “Unfortunately, because of the physical space, we could only have space for 1,000,” he said.
Muntaka noted that about 105,000 applicants have qualified for medical examinations in the broader security services recruitment, but only 5,000 positions are available. “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 said.
The minister urged patience among those not selected, saying the government plans to retain applicant data for future opportunities. “But the President has instructed that those who qualify and pass medicals, let’s keep their data. This is the first phase. The current recruitment is for 2025. Hopefully, when we are out of the IMF programme, we will conduct the 2026 recruitment and draw from the same pool of applicants,” he assured
