Vice President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has expressed profound sorrow over the deaths of six younger individuals who misplaced their lives in a stampede right through a Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) recruitment workout on the El-Wak Sports Stadium in Accra.

Several others had been reported injured within the incident.

In a remark issued on Wednesday, November 12, and signed through her Press Secretary and Spokesperson, Ama Pratt, the Vice President prolonged her heartfelt condolences to the bereaved households and needed the injured a rapid restoration.

Describing the tragedy as heartbreaking, Professor Opoku-Agyemang stated the sufferers had been younger Ghanaians desperate to serve their nation, including that their loss is a ache shared through all of the country.

Professor Opoku-Agyemang instructed the general public to stay calm whilst government examine the cases that ended in the stampede. 

She also referred to as for swift and thorough measures to forestall such incidents at some point.

The Vice President confident households of the federal government’s dedication to making sure duty and bettering protection at public recruitment and nationwide occasions.

Background

A stampede on the El Wak Stadium on Wednesday morning, the place the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) used to be recruiting squaddies, has ended in the demise of six folks with a number of others injured, the GAF has showed. 

The injured individuals are receiving remedy on the 37 Military Hospital. Some are in vital situation.

In a remark confirming the tragic incident, the Ghana Armed Forces expressed deep be apologetic about concerning the stampede, which it stated passed off prior to the graduation of the 2025/2026 recruitment workout these days.

Meanwhile, the workout is occurring concurrently at more than a few centres around the nation.

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