The Ghana Prisons Service has denied advertising the recruitment of personnel as Prison Office Assistants (POAs) under the Youth Employment Agency (YEA).

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The attention of the Prisons Administration has been drawn to a flyer circulating on social media that suggests so.

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In a statement, the Prisons Service stated that it "strongly disassociates itself from this advertisement as it has no knowledge or information of the content on the flyer and cautions the public to treat this as fake news."

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The Service noted that the public would be notified through reliable media releases as and when it has collaborated with the Youth and Employment Agency for any such initiative.

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It therefore stated that "until such announcement is officially made, all such advertisement must be regarded as fake."

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Recently, the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has distanced itself from a communique announcing the recruitment of new personnel into the Community Protection Assistants Module.

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The flier deemed "fake" by the YEA reads:

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"As part of effort to reduce the rising rate of unemployment in the country, the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) in line with the YEA Act 2015 (Act 887), to oversee the development, coordination, supervision and facilitation of employment for the youth and related matters in Ghana and in partnership with the Ghana Police Service is recruiting new personnel into the Community Protection Assistants Module,"Per the falsified flier, "the application exercise is scheduled to start on 1st June, 2025 to 16th June."

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The Agency in a post on Facebook, noted that "The Youth Employment Agency wishes to inform the public that this publication is FAKE and should be completely disregarded, as it does not originate from the Agency."

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The YEA also dispelled claims of recruitment for Community Health Workers (CHWs).

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