The Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, has challenged the artificial intelligence-based aptitude tests used in the recruitment of personnel into Ghana’s security services, highlighting major challenges faced by applicants.

According to him, his caucus together with several Members of Parliament had received lots of complaints from constituents who were disqualified during the recruitment process due to difficulties encountered with the online testing system.

Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, he called on government to review the system to make the recruitment process more flexible to all applicants, most especially those with limited digital skills.

“Mr Speaker, the military did something good. They created a system that allowed people to take the aptitude test directly. If it is possible, the system should be changed to enable our boys and girls who are not educated in ICT to write it manually,” he said.

He further elaborated that many applicants from rural communities face significant difficulties navigating the online testing system.

“I am for AI. I am for IT. But you cannot suddenly call someone from Pusiga or Bunkurugu who knows nothing about IT and ask them to write an aptitude test using AI. If they don’t have the means, they fail,” he said.

Afenyo-Markin also stressed that the issue should not be politicized, calling it instead as a systemic challenge that requires urgent attention from the security ministry.

According to him, many applicants spend lots of money at internet cafés to complete the tests, only to encounter technical challenges that restrict them from progressing.

“I think it is a serious system challenge that the ministry would have to look at properly because it is we, the MPs, who are carrying the burden,” he added.

He then appealed to the government to review the current system to ensure that recruitment into the security services remains fair and accessible to all qualified applicants.

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