Ghana Army Recruitment: Armed Forces Shares Eligibility Requirements For Applicants

Delali Adogla-Bessa October 1, 2025 2 min read

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The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has commenced the 2025 enlistment and recruitment exercise.

The recruitment is taking place in all 16 regional capitals to ensure fairness.

In a press statement, the army cautioned the public against fraudulent recruitment links during the recruitment window.

The official information on the exercise has been published in state-owned newspapers, including the Daily Graphic and Ghanaian Times.

For general eligibility, each applicant must:

Be a Ghanaian citizen by birth
Be of good character.
Be not less than 18 years of age and not more than 25 years for Non — Tradesmen and not more than 27 years for Tradesmen by 30 December 2025
Be medically fit by Armed Forces standards.
Be not married.
Be not bonded.
Be of minimum height of 1.68m (5’6″) for males and 1.57m (5’2″) for females.For Military Police only; be of a minimum height of 1.75m (5’9″) for males and 1.70m (5’7″) for females.
Have six (6) Credits (not less than Grade 6) at BECE including English and Mathematics
Have passes (Up to Grade D7 for Army Candidates in English and Mathematics and other 4 passes and grade C6 for Navy and Airforce in all subjects) at WASSCE or the requisite credit/passes in respective trade qualifications from GES at Intermediate or Advance Level.