Security analyst urges interior minister to step back from security recruitment commentary

A security analyst, Richard Kumadoe, has urged the Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak, to stop commenting on the number of personnel to be recruited into the country’s security services.

Mr Kumadoe made the remarks during an interview on on TV3 , March 12, 2026, while reacting to comments by the minister on the ongoing recruitment into the security agencies.

According to him, it is not the responsibility of the Interior Minister to publicly state how many people the security agencies intend to recruit.

“It is not the duty of the Interior Minister to come and tell us how many people the security forces are recruiting into the service. The earlier he stops speaking on it, the better for the government,” he indicated.

Mr Kumadoe argued that security agencies should be allowed to manage their own recruitment processes without interference.

He criticised what he described as a centralized recruitment approach involving a third party vendor, claiming that the background of the vendor had not been properly scrutinized.

The analyst further questioned the justification for the minister’s claim that about 5,000 personnel would be recruited into the security services.

According to him, some security institutions such as the Bureau of National Investigations and the Ghana Armed Forces are national security institutions and are not directly under the control of the Interior Minister.

Mr Kumadoe warned that the approach could create challenges for the security agencies and affect public confidence in the recruitment process.

He therefore urged the minister to step aside and allow the agencies to conduct their recruitment independently to ensure fairness and transparency.

By: Jacob Aggrey

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