GJA Volta/Oti Strikes Partnership with Naval Training Command (NAVTRAC) - Nutepkor

GJA Volta/Oti Strikes Partnership with Naval Training Command (NAVTRAC) - Nutepkor

On Saturday, September 24, 2022 the leadership of the GJA Volta/Oti Chapter honoured an invitation from the Naval Training Command at Nutekpor in the South Tongu District. 

The visit is the first step of collaboration between the media and the Command which serves as the  head of the Military (Garison Command) in  Volta/Oti Regions. 

During interactions, the Flag Officer Commanding of NAVTRAC, Commodore Godwin L. Bessing expressed delight for the meeting and called for a strong collaboration between the media and the military. 

He expressed the hope that the media and the military can design a training model to facilitate security reporting and improve military/media relations. 

According to him, such collaborations will build trust, ensure information sharing, improve security and make the work of the military relatable to the civilians. 

He therefore announced that the doors of the military in the Volta and Oti Regions including the 66 Artillery Regiment in Ho are open to the media at all times. 

The Regional Chairman of the GJA, Volta/Oti Chapter, Emmanuel Agbaxode also welcomed the partnership and assured the military of the media's support. 

He recounted that the media in the region (Volta/Oti) have had a long standing relationship with the military operating in the two regions and hoped that it will be furthered to serve the mutual interest of the two institutions and that of the public. 

The NAVTRAC idea was mooted in 2011, established in 2014 and commissioned in October 2020 by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. 

The facility which sits on a 114 acres of land along the Volta  River is designed to be the unified and functional command for training in the Ghana Navy.

To this end, it currently runs and coordinates five out of the envisaged schools of the Navy Command. They are, Supply Application School, School of Maritime Operations and Naval Recruits Training School. 

The two others are Leadership Leadership Training School in Tema and Marine Engineering and Compat Systems in Secondi. 

The GJA team which was accompanied by some members in southern Volta were also taken on a familiarisation tour of the facility. 

The team included, the Vice Chairman, Kafui Gati, Secretary, Frederick Duodu Takyi, Treasurer, Ewoenam Kpodo and Administrator, Lambert Atsivor. 

Some Navy officials at the interaction include, Nii Okai Ankrah - Commanding Officer, Naval Base, Nutekpor, Lt. Commander, Frederick Kutsoati- Commanding Officer, Supply Application School,  Lt. Commander Michael Awuah - Assistant Commanding Officer, School of Maritime Operations and Lt. Commander and Emilio Okyere-Dadzie - Commanding Officer, Naval Recruits Training School.

GJA Volta-Oti

Pictures by Jones Anlimah of JMA Pixels