The Defence Ministry has ordered the release of $50,000 for the construction of new accommodation facilities for the Army Recruits Training School at Shai Hills in the Greater Accra region.<\/p>\n
This follows the Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul’s visit to the school on Tuesday where he observed that the school, which trains many of the country\u2019s soldiers, had deplorable accommodation facilities.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”vPwuSSIUso41lzRVHldKsosG5Y77A7Rc”]”Even where the instructors themselves sleep, if they ask you to sleep there for even an hour, I am not sure you would want to sleep there,\u201d the minister noted.<\/p>\n
Addressing the media after the tour, Mr. Nitiwul said resourcing the school with better facilities will enhance the training of military men to protect the country.<\/p>\n
Despite the Ministery’s restrained resources, the Minister said: “we are going to get the $50,000 before next week to release and give them some something to work with in the meantime.”<\/p>\n
The money is expected to be released by the first Friday in June 2017 and beyond this disbursal, Mr. Nitiwul said: “I will talk to a few individuals, I will talk to a few corporate organisation who want to help.\u201d<\/p>\n
“If we don\u2019t have Armed Forces that is ready to protect, then we are better off not existing as a nation. Anybody could tear you into pieces. We surely have a problem and that problem will be sorted out. I don’t think that\u00a0after for years, I want to come and see these kind of things happening,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n