Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), Major General Bismark Kwasi Onwona on Friday 08 March, 2024, paid a working visit to the Headquarters Southern Command, Kpeshie Ridge, Teshie.

The visit forms part of the COAS’ familiarization tour of army units and formations to introduce himself to personnel as the new Army Chief and also obtain first-hand information of deployments, tasks and activities of the various units. It was also to ascertain developments and challenges in the units at the tactical level to inform his operational decisions.

Maj Gen BK Onwona was met on arrival at the Command Headquarters by the General Officer Commanding (GOC) Southern Command, Brigadier General Samuel Yeboah Asare, where he inspected a Guard of Honour mounted by personnel of the unit. He was then ushered into the Command’s operations room for a thorough brief on the Administrative, Operational and Logistics state of the command by the Command Operations Officer, Colonel Emmanuel Appiah.

He was again taken on a brief tour of the camp after which he held an interactive durbar with troops of the command.

During the durbar, the outlined his vision for the Army; which is ‘to maintain a cohesive, motivated and well-rounded army capable of undertaking its mission of national defence as part of the Ghana Armed Forces’.

General Onwona commended and congratulated troops under the Command for the good job done at maintaining peace and security in the Southern Command’s area of operational responsibility, and asked for same support and loyalty accorded his predecessor to be extended to him to help achieve his vision for the Ghana Army.

At the 48 Engineer Regiment at Wajir barracks, he was received by the Commanding Officer, Lt Col Alex Twumasi and given an extensive brief of the tasks, obligations and challenges of the Combat Engineer Regiment.

He was conducted round some key installations in the regiment after which he held a similar durbar with all ranks of the unit. He charged troops to desist from acts that bring the hard earned image of the Army into disrepute, including all forms of financial scams and illegal unauthorized operations.

Major General BK Onwona was accompanied on the visit by a high-powered delegation of Staff Officers from the Army Headquarters including the Deputy Chief Staff Officer (DCSO) Admin, Brig Gen EA Baidoo, Acting DCSO (P&P), Col FK Gyamera, Chief G3, Col IB Mohammed and Chief Projects and services, Col AB Tekyi.