The practice of charging Ghanaians for job application forms in the security services has come under heavy fire once again, this time from a visibly angry Sadiq Adams.
In a no-holds-barred statement, Adams insisted that no citizen should ever have to pay a single pesewa to apply for a job in any security service.
According to him, the current system, where thousands of young people buy forms only to be screened out later, is nothing short of a scam.
“You sell application forms to hundreds of thousands of hopeful young Ghanaians, and at the end of the day, 90% of them are disqualified,” he fumed. “What happens to all that money? Where does it go?”
Adams zeroed in on the hypocrisy of public institutions demanding fees from the very taxpayers who fund them.
He argued that these organizations receive annual budgets specifically designed to cover operational costs, including recruitment.
“Think about it. You are charging citizens who are seeking employment. These are public institutions with annual budgets.
The cost of recruitment must be part of that budget. Full stop,” he asserted.
For Adams, there is no gray area here. He believes the practice is morally and practically indefensible.
“This is extremely wrong on every single level,” he concluded.
“There’s no nice way to say it, it’s plain exploitation, and it needs to stop.”
His passionate outburst has struck a chord with many Ghanaians who have personally experienced the financial strain of applying for public sector jobs, only to be turned away without explanation or refund.
