Ghana Peace
Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC) has held a Graduation Religious Service for graduands of its Senior Command & Staff Course 46, and Master of Science in Defence and International Politics (MDIP)/Master of Science in Security Studies (MSS) Class of 2025.
The Service was held on Sunday 17 August 2025, at the Hamidu Hall, Teshie, Otu Barracks, Accra, with Mr Samuel Amo Tobin – Chief Executive Officer (CEO), TOBINCO PHARMACEUTICALS LTD, as the Guest of Honour, and the supporting presence of the Acting Commandant, GAFCSC – Brigadier General (Brig Gen) Jackson Wonje.
Delivering his address, the Guest of Honour said it was appropriate that before the pageantry of the graduation parade, the graduating cohort first bows in worship and thanksgiving to the Author and Finisher of all human endeavours.
Then onto standards of leadership, he said as military Officers and public servants, lives and careers must be built on a firm foundation of integrity, humility, discipline, and godly principles.
Speaking to the graduands, he urged them to acknowledge that they have not just been rigorously trained mentally, physically, and emotionally in a prestigious college, for command and staff duties only, but also equipped to serve humanity.
He stated further that beyond academic accomplishments and tactical proficiency, the most enduring lessons must be those rooted in character, faith and service, and that they should let the foundation of the Lord Jesus Christ be the anchor that holds them steady through the storms of command, the weight of responsibility, and the temptations of power.
“May compassion characterize your leadership, decision-making guided by wisdom, and interactions shaped by respect for all, and your contribution in both military and civilian spheres promote peace, justice, and development” he concluded.
Delivering his sermon, Reverend (Rev) Father (Fr) Emmanuel Ebenezer Arthur – Chaplain, Training and Doctrines Command, charged the graduands to aspire to become not just leaders, but moral leaders with national, social, religious and economic duties, to shape the lives of their troops.
Asserting that the Senior Division (SD) is not status-based but responsibility-based, he urged them to acknowledge that since the only constant in life is change, there is a global longing for change, and for solutions to life-threatening issues.
He also opined that military, although a vocation, is also a divine calling since everyone joins with an inward quest, thus the graduands must lead as though they were ‘salt and light’ (Matthew 5:13-16), and to make a difference.
Citing a scriptural instance when John the Baptist charged military personnel to be content with their salaries, he argued hence that salaries would never be enough, and that God approves of the military and expects best practices from its personnel, who must remain in the service, and reprove all forms of appearance of evil.
After the service, gifts of television sets were awarded to three staff of the military college who have each completed 30 years of military service; they are Command Sergeant Major – Master Warrant Officer Abdul-Bashiru Mohammed; In-Charge, Canteen – Chief Petty Officer Class 1 Coffie Yiiyina Ruth; and Chief Clerk – Warrant Officer Class 1 Sadongo Evelyn.
Present at the service included the Director General, Training, General Headquarters – Commodore Francis Ayitevi Nyarko; Deputy Commandant, GAFCSC – Brig Gen George Sam; Assistant Commandant, Senior Division – Brig Gen Roland Kwao-Adotey; Director, Research and Innovations, GAFCSC – Brig Gen Wellington Attipoe-Dumashie; and Military and Academic Faculties members.
By Kofi Ampeah-Woode
