Volta Barracks News Today

Story: Benjamin Makafui Attipoe, Nutekpor Twenty-six (26) recruit guards from the Volta River Authority (VRA) and the Volta Lake Transport Company (VLTC) Limited have passed out at the Naval Training Command at Nutekpor in the South Tongu district of the Volta Region. The graduands, three (3) females, were taken through…

Colonel Ekow Jones (Rtd), the first Commanding Officer (CO) of the 66 Artillery Regiment in Ho, has been honoured for his vision, which led to the establishment of the then Medium Mortar Regiment, now the 66 Artillery Regiment. Col. Ekow Jones was awarded with a citation for his pivotal role…

President Akufo-Addo Inspects Ho Central Market Project

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Tuesday inspected works on the second phase of construction of the Ho Central Market. This comes under the World Bank Secondary City project, a 100-million dollar infrastructure support for 25 selected municipalities in the country. It includes close to 200 stores, a lorry terminal, toilet…

A total of one hundred and twenty spouses of officers and men of the Ghana Armed Forces have graduated from the Command Skills training programme at the Volta Barracks in Ho. The eight-week skills development training, which started on June 09, is an initiative of the Ghana Armed Forces High…

  Major-General Thomas Oppong-Peprah, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), on Friday, ended his nationwide tour of Units under his command with a visit to the Volta Region. It was a day’s operational visit to the 66th Artillery Regiment during which he took the opportunity to learn at first hand their administrative and logistical constraints. The COAS who was in the company of Brigadier General M. A. Amoah, General Officer Commanding, Southern Command, visited the Operation Motherland JFT Headquar...