Kofi Ampeah Woode
Ghana Navy (GN) has held a ceremony to bid farewell to its Chief Staff Officer (CSO) – Commodore (Cdre) Prosper Mensah Kwami Modey, who handed over to Cdre Bright Emmanuel Kojo Atiayao, and assumes the designation of Deputy Commandant at the Training and Doctrines Command (TRADOC).
The brief ceremony was held at the GN Museum, Naval Headquarters (NHQ) on Thursday 28 March 2024, supervised by the Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) – Rear Admiral (R/Adm) Issah Adam Yakubu, and witnessed by the Flag Officer Commanding, Western Naval Command – Cdre Emmanuel Ayesu Kwafo; Flag Officer Fleet – Cdre Samuel Ayelazono; Deputy CSOs, Staff Officers and Rates at the NHQ.
Describing the outgone CSO as indefatigable, Admiral Yakubu further referred to Cdre PMK Modey as an institutional memory, who has been the Chairman of Projects Committee of all Navy projects, bearing testimony with the number of projects that have been done, and those lined up for completion soon.
R/Adm IA Yakubu referred to Cdre Modey’s general professionalism, his guidance, leadership, and tremendous commitment to delivering results, for which reason, the DCSOs had confidence in working with him.
Expressing similar confidence in the new CSO, Admiral Yakubu urged Cdre BEK Atiayao to deploy his trusted capabilities, to work with the consciousness of GN’s agenda of consolidating in the year 2024, and to bring conclusions to set objectives.
Cdre Modey started working at the NHQ from 2005, where he served as Secretary to many retired CNSs, left for the United States of America, returned as Director Naval Training, then to Administration, Logistics, and virtually had stints at all the departments at the NHQ, and was appointed CSO in August 2022.
He is credited with being assigned to lead the process in GN’s arrangement with Israel Shipyard, which yielded four (4) River Class Ships, to provide security at Ghana’s oilfields – a bilateral scheme which runs smoothly to date, with the GN never defaulting. He also helped the GN to balance its budgets, and to create resources of its own.
He attributed his successes as CSO to working with a visionary CNS, and the exposure and experience gained from working at all the departments at the NHQ.
By Kofi Ampeah-Woode
