Kofi Ampeah Woode
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) Southern Command (S/COMD) – Brigadier General (Brig Gen) Samuel Yeboah Asare embarked on a 2-day familiarization tour of the 66 Artillery Regiment (66 Arty Regt), to get familiarized with the Regiment’s Area of Operational responsibility, and the Regiment’s deployments within the Volta and Oti Regions.
The visit, from Tuesday 16 to Wednesday 17 January, 2024, which was the GOC’s first official visit to the Regiment and Region, since he took over Command on Friday, 3 November, 2023, was also aimed at interacting with the stakeholders within the Regions, to promote peace and security.
The tour offered the GOC the opportunity to interact with troops where he commended them for their hard work, professionalism and dedication to duty, and admonished them to avoid over fraternization with locals when on deployments, and to shun unprofessional behaviors that has the tendency to put the image and reputation of the Ghana Armed Forces into disrepute.
General Asare also cautioned personnel against sports betting, recruitment fraud, and armed robbery, reminding them that those found culpable of such offences will be dealt with in accordance with the law, urging them to be disciplined, loyal, diligent and professional in the discharge of their duties, as he assured them of channeling their concerns to the Military High Command.
The GOC also paid courtesy calls on the Volta Regional Minister – Dr Archibald Yao Letsa in Ho, the Oti Regional Minister – Mr Joshua Makubu in Dambai, and Nkwanta South Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) – Mr Bright Lenwah, in Nkwanta.
The Administrative Heads commended the 66 Arty Regt for efforts in maintaining law and order in the two Regions, indicating that the timely interventions of the military has always helped in preventing conflicts from escalating.
In appealing to the GOC to ensure that troops deployed on internal security operations are not withdrawn, the Oti Regional Minister and Nkwanta South MCE, also requested for Forward Operating Bases (FOB) to be established in their communities, to which the GOC promised to discuss with Higher Command.
As part of his itinerary, the GOC commissioned a borehole constructed by Hussan Development Limited to provide regular potable water for the Regiment.
Credit: 7 GAR PR DET
