[ 2017-02-16 ]

Dominic Nitiwul,Minister of Defense

Ghana spent $450,000 to transport troops to The Gambia - Dominic Nitiwul
Minister of Defense, Dominic Nitiwul has revealed
that it cost the country 450,000 US dollars to
transport troops that supported the ECOWAS forces
during the precarious situation in The Gambia.

About 205 soldiers were sent to the Senegal to
back a joint regional force that had planned a
military intervention when The Gambian former
leader, Yahya Jammeh refused to step down after
losing election.

Briefing Parliament on Ghana’s involvement in
the joint ECOWAS operation to secure The Gambia in
January, the minister explained that the country
spent US$450,000 on that assignment due to the
failure of the US to air-lift troops.

This, Dominic Nitiwul, said delayed the Ghanaian
contingent’s participation in the entire
operation. Meanwhile, the minister has brought to
the fore the urgent need to resource the Ghana
Armed Forces.

“It is suggested that strategic series and other
equipments need by the Armed Forces for such
emergencies and for deployment at home and abroad
be seriously looked at.

“But our troops are safe, Ghanaians in the
Gambia are safe and our participation in the
ECOWAS Mission has been commended highly by the
ECOWAS mission, the international community and
the Gambia.”

Source - 3news.com

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