{"id":15613,"date":"2025-11-12T21:55:53","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T21:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=15613"},"modified":"2025-11-12T21:55:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T21:55:53","slug":"president-mahama-suspends-gaf-recruitment-following-el-wak-stampede","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=15613","title":{"rendered":"President Mahama Suspends GAF Recruitment Following El-Wak Stampede"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-12-at-07.21.35-696x497-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-12-at-07.21.35-696x497-1.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-12-at-07.21.35-696x497-1-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>President John Mahama has ordered the immediate suspension of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) recruitment exercise following a stampede at the El-Wak Sports Stadium that claimed six lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several others were also injured in the tragic incident, which occurred on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President made the announcement during the launch of the Nkoko Nkitinkiti Poultry Initiative in Kumasi on Wednesday, November 12, after visiting some of the victims at the 37 Military Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Describing the incident as a heartbreaking loss for the nation, Mahama extended condolences to the bereaved families and wished a speedy recovery to the injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also called for a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the stampede, stressing the need to strengthen safety measures during public recruitment exercises and other national events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/mahama-visits-37-military-hospital-after-gaf-recruitment-stampede-at-el-wak\/\">Mahama visits 37 Military Hospital after GAF recruitment stampede at El-Wak<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/ntim-fordjour-calls-for-suspension-of-gaf-recruitment-after-stampede\/\">Ntim Fordjour calls for suspension of GAF recruitment after stampede<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President John Mahama has ordered the immediate suspension of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) recruitment exercise following a stampede at the El-Wak Sports Stadium that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15613"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15615,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15613\/revisions\/15615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}