The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) risks having tired and weak soldiers who will be afraid to be deployed to any peacekeeping mission, it has been reported on Thursday.
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Extension of military age: Ghana risks having tired and weak soldiers
The Herald Newspaper quoted unnamed soldiers who decried proposals by the Akufo-Addo administration to increase the retirement age as “too dangerous” and “misplaced.”
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President Nana Akufo-Addo and the Defence Minster have both stated that a bill for the extension of the retiring age of troops will be sent to parliament this fall.
The move is in fulfilment of a campaign manifesto by President Nana Akufo-Addo.
The report said the extension of the retirement age by an addition five years will have huge health, logistical and financial challenges for GAF which is already struggling to pay pension for its retiring officers.
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Additional years, also make it impossible for the recruitment of younger soldiers, adding more years also means lack of military accommodations and other facilities for incoming officers, the report said.
According to the Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, the move is to create room for the country to benefit more from the experience of soldiers.
But the unnamed soldiers advised the government to drop the proposal and consult both serving and retired soldiers on the implications of adding more years to the existing years just to make some soldiers happy with the monetary benefits the change will bring.
They insisted that the additional years, risk collapsing the Ghana Armed Forces, according to the report.
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