Ten security service recruits in Ghana have been dismissed for breaching training regulations by keeping hidden mobile phones.
Interior Minister Muntaka Mubarak Mohammed revealed the dismissals during an address to students at Sakafiya Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi, where he addressed recruitment standards and institutional discipline.
Recruits are required to surrender all electronic devices upon arrival at the academies. However, several individuals secretly retained their phones to make night-time calls, leading to their immediate removal.
The Minister emphasized that strict enforcement is crucial for maintaining discipline, particularly given the fierce competition during the latest intake. Out of more than 500,000 applicants nationwide, only 10,000 were selected, highlighting both high public interest and the heavy responsibility placed on successful candidates to obey institutional rules.
“It was so vigorous that over half a million people applied. We ended up taking only 10,000. Indiscipline, people got there and they were hiding their phones in their pillows. First, the moment you get to training school, they take all your phones.
“Some decided to hide their phones and in the night, they were making calls. Some of them were caught. At least, I have been written to th at least about 10 students have been dismissed from training school for holding phones.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
