Kofi Ampeah Woode
The 79th Remembrance Day Parade has been observed at the Veterans Administration Ghana (VAG) Regional Cenotaph in Tamale, with a solemn wreath laying and flag raising ceremony.
The ceremony on Monday 11 November, 2024, was graced by the Northern Regional Minister – Mr Alhassan Shani Shaibu, and marked with the sounding of the siren to signify the signing of the armistice, and the observation of a two-minute silence, to honour the memory of all departed veterans.
Remembrance Day is held on the 11th day of November each year to pay tribute and honour to the memory of all veterans of World Wars 1 and II, who lost their lives for the cause of peace of the world.
The parade contingents were drawn from the 6 Infantry Battalion (6Bn), 69 Airborne Force (69 ABF), Air Force Base (AFB), Tamale, Ghana Police Service, Ghana Prisons Service, Ghana National Fire Service and a contingent of veterans.
As part of the ceremony, wreaths were laid in memory of all men and women in uniform, who died during World Wars I and II and other conflicts around the world.
In attendance were the Commandant, Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre – Major General Richard Gyane; 6 Garrison Commander – Air Commodore Joshua Mensah-Larkai; General Officer Commanding, Northern Command – Brigadier General Frank Nartey Tei; Commander, Air Force Training Command – Air Commodore Mathias Awuah.
Others were; Members of the Northern Regional Security Council, Traditional rulers from Tamale, Northern Regional Chairman of VAG – EX Warrant Officer Class One Adama Ganda Issaka, representatives from various Security Services, and members of VAG.
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