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Use Acquired Knowledge to Better Lot of Your Countries - Vice President to GAFCSC Graduands

Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia has charged members of the 2017/18 graduation class of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, to ensure that they use all the knowledge and skills they have acquired over the period of their study effectively for the benefit of their respective countries.

Delivering the Special Guest of Honour's address at the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College's (GAFCSC) Joint Graduation Ceremony of the Senior Division Course 39 and Msc, Defence and International Politics, held at the Otu Barracks, Teshie, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia said the officers and civilians drawn from about seven (7) countries in Africa, who have had the opportunity to study at the college must remain worthy ambassadors of the college as they return to their countries.

"Let the knowledge you have gained here be noticeable in your work places and in your life's endeavours. Be very diligent, and let the tenets of loyalty, leadership, time management and the sense of responsibility instilled in you be evident in whatever you do," the Vice President said.

Support for the College

According to Dr. Bawumia, government will continue to support the college with all the resources it needs to ensure that it maintains its status as one of the learning centres of excellence on the African continent.
 
The Commandant

In his address, Commandant of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Rear Admiral Seth Amoama, entreated members of Course 39 and the graduating MDIP students to be exemplary torch bearers of the noble institution by always keeping the GAFCSC flame burning in all their endeavours wherever they may find themselves in the professional space.
 
The Graduands

Over all, fifty six (56) officers from Ghana, Togo, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia, Liberia, Tanzania, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, graduated from Senior Division Course 39. Forty three (43) civilians constituted the list of the third batch of students who graduated with a Master of Science in Defence and International Politics.
 
Awards

Ten (10) officers received awards in Course 39 with the overall best award, Honour of Graduate, going to Major Ibrahim Ali, of the Ghana Army. Major E.K. Poku received the first award for achieving the best Commandant's Research Paper. The overall best award in the Master of Science in Defence and International Politics programme as well as the best dissertation award went to Assistant Revenue Officer Bekai Benjamin, of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).


Source: Wilberforce A. Asare


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