Recruitment into the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) in the Greater Accra Region resumes today, Thursday, November 20, 2025, after the tragic stampede at the El-Wak Sports Stadium forced a temporary halt to the exercise.

Six applicants died in the November 12 incident, prompting President John Dramani Mahama to immediately suspend the process and order a full review of safety protocols.

With the assessment complete, the GAF says the exercise is now returning under far stricter controls.

The most significant change is the introduction of five separate screening centres designed to ease congestion and prevent crowd surges.

Captain Veronica Adzo Arhin, Director-General of Public Affairs at the GAF, explained that the new system will strictly limit the number of applicants allowed each day.

She said only 1,200 applicants will be screened daily.

“The numbers that will be at El-Wak will not be more than 1,200. This is because we are going to have two groups there, each made up of 600 potential recruits,” she said.

She added that the screening will run for at least five days and will take place in phases, beginning with verification and basic physical checks.

“The screening is in phases, and this is phase one, where we verify their information and do the body checks,” Captain Arhin noted.