The government has released GHc 23 million for the completion of some Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) residential facilities for personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces. According to the Defense Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, some 5,000 soldiers do not have quality accommodation, which is one of the biggest challenges facing the Armed Forces. Three … Read more
Major Derek Oduro (rtd), Deputy Minister of Defence nominee, has criticised the military officers involved in the brutalities meted out to a freelance photojournalist during the 6th March independence parade. According to Kendrick Ofei Ansah, the photojournalist, four soldiers ordered him to follow them to the Osu Castle barracks after he attempted to video them … Read more
Lieutenant General Peter Augustine Blay, the Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), was born in Ezinlibo, in the Western Region of Ghana in November 1948. In academic education, he is basically a self-made man. After his elementary education, from 1965 -1969 he attended the Accra Workers College where he obtained his General Certificate of Education. … Read more