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Monday, April 1, 2013, 01:00 PM | |||
Ghana has purchased 34 armoured reconnaissance vehicles for Ghanaian peacekeepers. | |||
Brigadier-General
Kwame Opoku-Adusei, the General Officer Commanding the Northern Command
of the Ghana
Army, on Tuesday said the government has purchased 34 armoured
reconnaissance vehicles to argument the logistics of Ghanaian peacekeepers.
The armoured vehicles are to facilitate the migration of Ghanaian peacekeepers
from the “Dry Lease” to the “Wet Lease system,”
Brig-Gen. Opoku-Adusei stated during Ghanbatt 77’s Medals Presentation
Parade at Lebanon. |
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Soldiers of Ghana during training military exercises. |
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He
said the military high command had outlined plans to provide logistical
support for the migration of the Ghanaian contingent on peacekeeping duties
in Lebanon (Ghanbatt) from the “Dry Lease” to the “Wet
Lease” system to enable it to be self-sufficient. A Ghana Armed Forces statement issued in Accra and signed by Lieutenant Commander M. A. Larbi and copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) said the Commander of the Northern Command commended the Ghanbatt 77. “I am personally satisfied with what I have seen and heard about your performance during my visit to the Ghanbatt Area of responsibility and I urge you all to continue with the good work”. Brig Gen Opoku-Adusei, who was the head of a six-member military delegation to Lebanon, used the occasion to update troops on current developments in the country as well as within the Ghana Armed Forces. The Commander and his team also paid a courtesy call on United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Deputy Force Commander, Brig Gen Patrick Phelan, who expressed appreciation for the performance of Ghanaian troops. The Commanding officer of Ghanbatt 77, Lt Col Francis Anemana, assured the delegation that Ghanbatt is poised in executing its assigned tasks successfully despite the challenges. Chief Military Personnel Officer, Col Reginald Yemo Odoi, thanked the government of Ghana for the high profile delegation to the Medals Day Parade and described Ghanbatt 77 as a wonderful battalion which executed its task with high professionalism to the admiration of UNIFIL High Command. |
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