Bagbin Donates GH¢100k to Victims of El-Wak Recruitment Stampede
Speaker leads Parliament’s leadership to 37 Military Hospital, pledges solidarity and calls for urgent reform of recruitment processes.
- Speaker Bagbin donates GH¢100,000 to support El-Wak stampede victims
- Six people dead, 28 injured during GAF recruitment exercise
- Bagbin urges urgent reforms to ensure safer national recruitment processes
Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin has donated GH¢100,000 to assist in the medical care of victims injured during the El-Wak Sports Stadium stampede that occurred at a Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) recruitment exercise on Wednesday, November 12, 2025.
The tragic incident claimed six lives and left about 28 others injured after thousands of hopeful applicants crowded the venue for enlistment screening.
Mr. Bagbin, accompanied by Parliament’s leadership, visited the injured victims at the 37 Military Hospital on Thursday to express sympathy and offer support to the families affected.
He explained that the donation was meant to ease the financial burden on victims and reaffirm Parliament’s solidarity with the bereaved and the injured.
The Speaker also voiced serious concern over the recurring safety lapses during public sector recruitment exercises, urging authorities to undertake immediate reforms to make the process safer and more efficient.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Armed Forces has suspended the recruitment exercise and launched investigations into the circumstances that led to the stampede.
