President Commissions NAVTRAC

Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday 20 October 2020 commissioned the Naval Training

Command (NAVTRAC) at Nutepkor in the Volta Region. In a welcome address by the Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Rear Admiral Seth Amoama, he indicated that the establishment of NAVTRAC was to develop appropriate human resource capacity strategies and policies to help the Navy keep pace and be ahead of actors in maritime transnational crime as well as bring all training schools in the Ghana Navy under one command. 

The Admiral added that the establishment of NAVTRAC will help in training not onlyGhanaian naval personnel but also naval personnel across the sub region.

The CNS expressed gratitude to past chiefs of the Navy who conceived the idea of establishing a training command in 2009 and taking steps to begin the project after identifying an ideal location. The Minister for Defence, Honourable Dominic Nitiwul in his remarks expressed gratitude to the President for allowing the Ghana Armed Forces to undertake some projects with its internally generated funds. He noted that, training, a core objective for the CNS' is in line with the President's commitment to ensuring that the human resource of the country is developed through education,thus making the establishment of NAVTRAC worth it.

Hon Dominic Nitiwul added that, the well structured training system in GAF helps personnel to execute their tasks very professionally and also perform creditably

as expected both home and on peacekeeping missions. In his speech,President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Commended the Ghana Navy for bringing NAVTRAC to realisation after years of proposing. He said, the increasing

economic activities and the rise of criminal activities in the maritime space, required well trained Navy to provide security. He added that, the Command will serve as the Centre of the navy's training doctrine and instil the core values of the navy while imparting knowledge and skills required of a naval personnel. The Commander-in-Chief presented a Commissioning Warrant to the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) NAVTRAC and unveiled a plaque to signify the commissioning of the Command. The Commission Warrant indicates that the command has been commissioned for services with the Ghana Navy with its primary responsibility of ensurng effective,  efficiency and purposeful administration of the Ghana Navy's training activities and programs. Schools under the Command include; School of Maritime Operations (SMOPS),

School of Marine and Electrical Engineering, Supply Application School, Basic and Leadership Training School, Recruit Training School, Special Forces Training

School and a Diving School. Present at the ceremony were Ministers of State, Members of Parliament, the Chief of the Defence Staff, Service Chiefs, Admirals,

Generals, past Chiefs of the Navy, Senior Officers, Officers,Traditional Authorities of the area, Ratings, District and Municipal Chief Executives, representatives of sister security services among others. gratitude to the President for allowing the Ghana Armed Forces to undertake some projects with its internally generated funds. He noted that, training, a core objective for the CNS' is in line with the President's commitment to ensuring that the human resource of the country is developed through education, thus making the establishment of NAVTRAC worth it. 

Hon Dominic Nitiwul added that, the well- structured training system in GAF helps personnel to execute their tasks very professionally and also perform creditably as expected both home and on peacekeep- ing missions. In his speech, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Commended the Ghana Navy for bringing NAVTRAC to realisation after years of proposing. He said, the increasing economic activities and the rise of criminal activities in the maritime space, required well trained Navy to provide security. He added that, the Command will serve as the Centre of the navy's training doctrine and instil the core values of the navy while imparting knowledge and skills required of a naval personnel. 

The Commander-in-Chief presented a Commissioning Warrant to the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) NAVTRAC and unveiled a plaque to signify the commissioning of the Command. The Commission Warrant indicates that the command has been commissioned for services with the Ghana Navy with its primary responsibility of ensuring effective, efficiency and purposeful administration of the Ghana Navy's training activities and programs. Schools under the Command include; School of Maritime Operations (SMOPS), School of Marine and Electrical Engineer- ing, Supply Application School, Basic and Leadership Training School, Recruit Training School, Special Forces Training School and a Diving School. 

Present at the ceremony were Ministers of State, Members of Parliament, the Chief of the Defence Staff, Service Chiefs, Admirals, Generals, past Chiefs of the Navy, Senior Officers, Officers, Traditional Authorities of the area, Ratings, District and Municipal Chief Executives, representatives of sister security services among others.