Ghana Appreciates Your Sacrifices; We’ll Continue To Support You – President Akufo-Addo To Military
Government appreciates the sacrifices of the men and
women in uniform, and will continue to provide the necessary logistics
to enable them discharge their duty of ensuring law and order and
protecting the nation’s borders, the President of the Republic, H.E.
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured.
According to the President, ongoing operations such as CALM LIFE, COW LEG and VANGUARD, designed to deal with the menace posed by land guards, destruction being wreaked on farms and farmers by nomadic cattle herders, and illegal mining popularly known as galamsey will also continue to receive special attention to ensure their success.
President Akufo-Addo gave the assurance in a speech
read on his behalf by the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia at the
2017 General Headquarters West African Soldiers Social Activities
(WASSA) Celebration of the Ghana Armed Forces held at Burma Camp, Accra
on Wednesday 21st February, 2018.
“The Government and people of Ghana continue to
applaud and cherish the sacrifices that the Ghana Armed Forces make to
contain armed robbery and other violent crimes through joint patrols
with the Ghana Police Service” the President stated.
“Your continued efforts in keeping our borders safe;
your response to natural disasters; protection of our maritime domain
and air space to secure our strategic assets; the provision of health
services to many Ghanaians in areas where you are deployed; your
protection of the environment, particularly in safeguarding our river
bodies against illegal mining operations under Operation VANGUARD; and
your continued community assistance programmes that bring smiles to
faces of the deprived in our society are all greatly appreciated,”
President Akufo-Addo added.
“We would continue to support these operations to ensure that their
objectives are achieved. The hazards of the operations are well
appreciated but I have faith in your professional competence.”
The President continued: “In the later part of last
year, upon the advice of the National Security Minister, Operation CALM
LIFE was re-launched and charged with additional mandate to curb
activities of violent land guards.
“Following the re-launch, we provided Two Hundred
(200) new Toyota Pickup vehicles for the operation. I wish to assure you
that additional vehicles and other logistics required to ensure the
success of the operations would be provided in due course to ensure that
our cities, roads, streets and communities remain safe for citizens to
go about their activities freely.”
The President commended the ongoing efforts to deal
with the unruly activities of nomadic herdsmen, particularly in the
Agogo and Drobonso areas, where there have been reports of looting and
other antisocial behavior, and served a warning to all nation wreckers
that the law would catch up with them.
“To those criminal groups, environmental degraders, and all whose
activities pose security threat to our country, I wish to advise that
opportunities exist in the economy for them to channel their energies
into more productive and rewarding enterprises that will earn them a
decent livelihood.”
President Akufo-Addo expressed the nation’s condolences to the
families of the men and women who have lost their lives while
discharging their duty of protecting the State, and pledged the full
might of the state in bringing the perpetrators to book.
“I commend you for your patience in allowing due
process of the law to take its course when the late Major Maxwell Mahama
was murdered in May last year.
“We are all aware that 14 accused persons are currently on trial. I
want to reiterate here, that various state agencies including
non-government agencies are seriously educating our populace on the need
to stop ‘mob justice.’
“I also want to recall the recent murder of Sergeant George Boakye
and to assure you all that our Police Service is investigating the
matter in order to bring the culprits to book.
“At this juncture, may I recall the unfortunate death of the two
policemen who were recently killed while on Operation COWLEG in the
Ashanti Region and the five soldiers who sustained various degrees of
injuries when they were shot by nomadic herdsmen in Agogo in Asante
Akyem North district of the Ashanti Region.
“My deepest condolences to the families of the deceased and speedy
recovery to the injured. Ghana is grateful for your sacrifices, and we
will ensure that the law is applied to the fullest extent possible.”
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