Over 6,000 Applicants Disqualified from Security Services Recruitment Over Drugs and Mental Health Issues

The Ministry of the Interior has disclosed that more than 6,000 applicants were disqualified during the medical screening stage of the ongoing recruitment exercise into Ghana’s security services after testing positive for drug use and mental health conditions.

In an interview on Pan African TV on Saturday, May 23, the Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, revealed that over 100,000 applicants underwent medical examinations.

The Minister explained that the screening process was strengthened to include drug tests and mental health assessments, in response to growing concerns about personnel wellbeing in the security services.

“ We have over 100,000 people who went through the medicals. Because of the large numbers, and because of what we have observed within the services, we introduced additional checks including mental health assessments and drug tests. Interestingly, over 4,000 people failed the drug test, and we have over 2,000 who also failed due to mental health conditions,” he said.

Mr Muntaka Mubarak noted that the results underscore the need to maintain rigorous screening standards to ensure that only physically, mentally, and morally fit individuals are enlisted into the nation’s security services.

Editor:

Obiri-Yeboah