Outspoken Ghanaian politician Hon. Kennedy Agyapong has strongly criticized the country’s military recruitment processes following the tragic stampede at the El-Wak Sports Stadium that claimed several lives and left many injured.

Reacting to the incident, the legislator expressed deep concern, insisting that the victims died because of a system he believes is fundamentally flawed.

According to him, the recruitment exercise was merely a façade.

“Those young men who lost their lives died for nothing,” he said bluntly.

Agyapong alleged that the actual recruits had already been handpicked long before the public screening, claiming favoritism and political connections determine who gets selected.

He argued that the public recruitment process exists only to create the impression of fairness.

“The people who will be recruited have already been selected. What happened on Wednesday was just a formality to deceive the public,” he stated.

He further accused authorities of exploiting the hopes of unemployed youth:
“To deceive Ghanaians, once their own people have been recruited, they still go ahead to open nominations for desperate and jobless young people who genuinely want to serve their country. They make them buy forms, go through the process — yet none of them will be selected. It’s all for show.”