The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) is to begin this year the process to establish a war college in the country, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced.
The Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), he said, has been tasked to provide the seed capital for the establishment of the College.
It would provide and improve the professional education of the highest levels of the military leadership when established.
President Akufo-Addo said this at the 2023 West Africa Soldier’s Socialization Activities (WASSA) of the Ghana Armed Forces, at Burma Camp in Accra on Wednesday, February 1.
He told the gathering that he had tasked the Defence Ministry and the military high command to ensure that the War College becomes operational this year.
A War College is a senior military academy with purpose to educate and train senior military tacticians, strategists, and leaders.
It is also a place where advanced tactical and strategic thought, doctrines and policy are developed.
The intended war college will widen the scope of the training programmes already offered by the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC) which is mandated to train senior GAF and allied officers of Africa.
The President, as the Commander-in-Chief of the GAF reiterated his commitment to ensuring the continued retooling of the and transformation to enhance the capacity and capability of the GAF.
He said the government would spare no effort to transform the GAF into a world-class military establishment, pledging that armed forces would be provided with improved training facilities, logistics and infrastructure to deal with contemporary security challenges.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Evans Boateng
