In an address to troops at Burma Camp, Defence Minister Dr Edward Omane Boamah reiterated his commitment to building a modern, well-resourced and highly professional Ghana Armed Forces.<\/p>\n
He made this known during an open Q&A session with officers, soldiers, and civilian staff on Thursday, July 17, sharing both concerns and forward-looking reforms.<\/p>\n
Highlighting the value of integrity, Dr Boamah announced a personal donation of GH\u20b510,000 to a soldier who rejected a bribe while combating illegal mining.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo encourage professionalism, I made a personal donation\u2026 to a serving soldier who refused to be bribed while fighting galamsey,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
The soldier has since been promoted by the Chief of the Defence Staff.<\/p>\n
The Minister reminded the troops of the Honour Code, stating, \u201cThe safety, honour, and welfare of your country come first\u2026 Your own ease, comfort, and safety come last.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also assured personnel of a Defence Ministry focused on operational capacity, troop welfare, and strategic partnerships.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn resetting Ghana, we seek to, among other things: enhance operational capacity, improve troop welfare, and build strategic partnerships,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Dr Boamah outlined plans to boost infrastructure and morale, including 10,000 new housing units, upgraded healthcare supported by the Mahama Cares Initiative, fair salary reviews, and more training opportunities.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re committed to supporting our troops with quality healthcare, fair compensation, and professional growth,\u201d he declared, adding, \u201cLet\u2019s unite for a stronger Ghana!\u201d<\/p>\n
In an address to troops at Burma Camp, Defence Minister Dr Edward Omane Boamah reiterated his commitment to building a modern, well-resourced and highly professional Ghana Armed Forces. He made this known during an open Q&A session with officers, soldiers, and civilian staff on Thursday, July 17, sharing both concerns and forward-looking reforms. Highlighting the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":11691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[3490,2776],"class_list":["post-11690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","tag-dr-edward-omane-boamah","tag-ghana-armed-forces-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11692,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11690\/revisions\/11692"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}