Dr Freda Prempeh, a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Tano North constituency in the Ahafo Region has commended President John Dramani Mahama for halting the enlistment exercise into the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) at the Accra Center.

She however, expressed her sympathies to the bereaved families of those applicants who lost their lives Wednesday November 12, 2025 during a stampede at the El-wak sports stadium, the recruitment center.

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed 28 casualties, 12 critical cases, five in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and six deaths in the stampede.

Speaking in an interview with Sompa FM at Duayaw-Nkwanta, Dr Prempeh, also a former minister of state and the founder of the Ultimate Women Foundation (UWF) described the incident as unfortunate.
“This has never happened before and we are hoping that it will never happen again”, she stated.

Describing the entire enlistment process as scary, Dr Prempeh noted that the number of applicants were many and due to that the ministry ought to re-think and provide applicants with special numbers to the center for screening.

“Normally applicants are sent with text messages, and those messages should come with special numbers so that lets say if you have about 5,000 applicants in Accra, we don’t bring them altogether for screening”, she suggested.

Dr Prempeh also urged the GAF to handle the applicants with care.
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