The Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), Major General Lawrence Kwaku Gbetanu has on Tuesday, 9 December 2025 shared his leadership insight when he delivered a lecture on the Battalion Commanders Course 5 (BCC 5) held at the Buchanan Lecture Hall, Army Training Command (ATRAC).

The lecture, titled “Leadership: The Chief of the Army Staff’s Perspective”, saw the COAS outlining his vision which includes a motivated, value-driven, technologically enabled, and operationally decisive Army that earns and maintains the trust of the Ghanaian public.
He also outlined, the desired end state for 2030, the core drivers shaping Army transformation, operational priorities and the expected role of the future unit commanders.

Major General Gbetanu reminded the course participants that the transformation of the Ghana Army depends on the quality of leadership at all levels and urged them to embody professionalism, innovation, ethical conduct, critical thinking, adaptability, technological awareness and resilience.

The COAS also called for the need to modernise the structure of the Army through capacity expansion, human capital development and leadership renewal anchored in strong institutional values.

On behalf of the Commander ATRAC and BCC5 participants, the Commander of the Army Combat Training School, Colonel Robert Narh, expressed profound gratitude to the COAS for his lecture, describing it as an enlightening and transformative experience that would significantly shape the participants for higher leadership responsibilities.

BCC 5 consists of 21 participants out of which 19 are Army officers and 2 Air Force officers.