The Minister for the Interior, Hon. Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has set the record straight, saying that the Ministry of the Interior has not taken over the recruitment, but is playing a supervisory role as part of its mandate over the agencies under the Ministry.
“As a Ministry, we play a supervisory role over the agencies under us, and so we need to ensure that the recruitment exercise is seamless, free, and fair without any interference,” he explained.
Speaking to the media at Christ the King in Accra during a visit to the Ghana Immigration Service screening exercise as part of the ongoing recruitment exercise, the Minister noted that the centralised system being deployed for the recruitment is robust and is intended to reduce human interaction that could be compromised, hence the decision by all the security services to adopt the system.
“All the officers at the various recruitment centres are security officers and not staff of the Ministry, so how can it be said that the Ministry has taken over the recruitment?’ he questioned.
Hon. Muntaka stated that recruitment into the various security agencies remained the responsibility of the respective services. At the same time, the Ministry’s role was limited to providing oversight to ensure strict adherence to established procedures and standards.
The Minister further disclosed that a dedicated email address, recruitment@mint.gov.gh, has been established for the public to report any form of fraud, misconduct, or irregularities in recruitment into the security agencies. He explained that a dedicated team at the Ministry has been tasked with receiving and investigating all complaints submitted via email, as part of efforts to ensure free, fair, and credible recruitment processes across all agencies.
He reiterated Government’s commitment to sanitising recruitment into the security services by eliminating middlemen, bribery, and other unethical practices that had undermined public confidence in the past.
Hon. Muntaka commended applicants for their discipline and patience and cautioned the public against individuals who claimed they could influence recruitment outcomes for a fee, describing such claims as fraudulent. He reaffirmed the government’s commitment to professionalism, fairness, transparency, and respect for human dignity across all security agencies.
