Following a statement from the Presidency announcing President John Dramani Mahama's directive for recruitment slots in the various security services in the country to be expanded, some members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have been expressing thanks for the decision.

One of such persons is a former NDC National Organiser aspirant and leading member of the party, Henry Osei Akoto.

In a reaction made available to GhanaWeb, he stated that the move by President Mahama is welcome and is exactly what the youth and hardworking people of the NDC have been asking for.

Describing the directive as 'swift,' Osei Akoto indicated that it is also a sign that the president understands the prevailing plights of the citizenry.

"Per this release from the Presidency, I am very happy and I want to say thank you to President John Dramani Mahama for this swift move and something he has acted on for the party grassroots to actually have hope now.

"He's actually given us hope, and this is how we expect our leaders to be reacting to matters of importance; matters that the party grassroots take more seriously than anything else. All the Ghanaian youth have been asking for is that they want to work, and so there must be a way out to make sure they all work," he stated.

In the earlier statement from the Presidency, signed by Felix Kwakye Ofosu, Spokesperson to the President and Minister of State in charge of Communications, President John Dramani Mahama directed a doubling of the security services recruitment target, ordering that the number of new recruits across Ghana's security agencies be increased from 20,000 to 40,000 over a four-year period.

The directive, dated March 16, 2026, followed a high-level meeting held on Monday, March 16, 2026, between the president, heads of security agencies, and the Ministers of the Interior and Defence, during which officials were briefed on the status of the ongoing recruitment exercise.

President Mahama doubles security services recruitment target to 40,000

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