Government has announced a plan to recruit 12,000 new personnel into the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) over the next three and a half years-2028- in efforts to bolster national security and drive development.
Defence Minister Dr. Edward Omane Boamah made this disclosure at the Government Accountability Series held at the Jubilee House on Monday, July 21, 2025.
He described the recruitment initiative as part of a comprehensive strategy to strengthen the manpower and operational capabilities of the Armed Forces.
Dr. Boamah explained that the new recruits will undergo intensive training designed to prepare them for a variety of security and development roles, aligned with the government’s evolving priorities.
He highlighted the government’s intention to tailor future recruitment to meet sector-specific demands, particularly in support of industrialization and food security initiatives.
“I’m excited to announce that, as has been communicated by the Commander-in-Chief, a comprehensive enlistment and recruitment exercise is to be undertaken with the view to increasing the manpower strength of the Ghana Armed Forces. Altogether, we are enlisting and recruiting 12,000 personnel within the next three and a half years,” Dr. Boamah stated.
“Looking at the needs of the GAF and, in particular, the desire to build institutional capacity to support the ongoing drive towards industrialization and food security, future enlistment and recruitment exercises will also be targeting specific qualifications such as agricultural extension officers, artisans, and engineers,” he said.
