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Internal security services recruitment enters phase two
The Ministry of the Interior has announced the start of Phase Two of the 2025/2026 recruitment process into the Internal Security Services through the Centralized Services E- Recruitment Portal.
Applicants who successfully passed Phase One will undergo documentation and body inspection from January 12 to February 4 2026.
The exercise will be conducted in phases, beginning with applicants for the Ghana Police Service, followed by the Ghana Prisons Service, the Ghana National Fire Service and the Ghana Immigration Service.
The Ministry has explained that only Ghana Police Service applicants are currently being scheduled for the exercise.
Dates for applicants of the other services will be announced after January 15 2026 in the stated order.
According to the Ministry, applicants will receive text messages indicating their exact date time and screening centre.
Applicants can also log on to the C SERP portal to confirm their screening centre and whether they are scheduled for the morning or noon session.
Applicants scheduled for the morning session are expected to report by 7 am while those scheduled for the noon session are to report by 12 noon.
Failure to comply with the reporting time may lead to disqualification.
Applicants are required to present original copies and photocopies of their application summary report biometric birth certificate Ghana Card JHS certificate two passport sized photographs and any other relevant educational certificates.
The recruitment exercise is being conducted by the Ministry of the Interior in collaboration with TrybeNet.
By: Jacob Aggrey
National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Executive Committee member and Volta River Authority (VRA) Board Member, Wonder Victor Kutor, has described calls for the resignation of Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa as premature and unjustified.
He argued that there was no evidence to establish that the minister had committed any wrongdoing to warrant such demands.
Speaking on Joy News in Accra on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, Mr Kutor questioned what had changed to justify the growing calls for the minister to step down.
He recalled that the Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Abu Jinapor, had earlier indicated that the opposition was not accusing Mr Ablakwa of any wrongdoing.
Mr Kutor, therefore, challenged those demanding the minister’s resignation to provide fresh evidence to support their position.
“The call for the Minister to resign is premature, it is untenable. There is no evidence. I mean, what has he done wrong?” he questioned.
He added that documents, including boarding passes, airline receipts and flight manifests relating to the minister’s return journey, had been provided.
Mr Kutor expressed concern that the calls for Mr Ablakwa’s resignation could discourage young politicians from speaking out against corruption and advocating transparency.
According to him, politicians should not be targeted or maligned for demanding accountability, warning that such treatment could create the impression that speaking against corruption could later become a liability when one is appointed to public office.
He maintained that calling for accountability and transparency should not be used as grounds to target public officials without evidence of wrongdoing.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Ghana will host the Africa Festival of Arts, Culture and Creatives (AFESTAC) 2026 alongside Industrial Skills Week Africa (ISWA) 2026 in Accra from December 9 to 12, 2026.
On the back of these programmes, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has called on corporate Ghana, the media and the general public to support the initiative through partnerships, sponsorships and active participation.
The events, supported by the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), will bring together stakeholders to celebrate Africa’s rich cultural heritage, strengthen the creative economy, promote industrial skills development and create employment opportunities for young people.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
