{"id":480486,"date":"2011-09-02T14:57:06","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T14:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/09\/02\/mills-pledges-to-equip-military-to-protect-oil\/"},"modified":"2011-09-02T14:57:06","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T14:57:06","slug":"mills-pledges-to-equip-military-to-protect-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/09\/02\/mills-pledges-to-equip-military-to-protect-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"Mills pledges to equip military to protect oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/b13e43e0prez_mills1.jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21417\" title=\"prez_mills\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/b13e43e0prez_mills1.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>President John Evans Atta Mills<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>President John Evans Atta Mills has reiterated his government\u2019s commitment to equipping the Ghana Armed Forces to enable it safeguard the country\u2019s oil reserves.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, adequately equipping the military would allow the institution to actively involve itself in the infrastructural and industrial development of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The President\u2019s comments follow recent plans by the government to purchase some five aircraft for the Armed Forces and the Presidency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy administration promises to equip the Military so that they are able to perform their assignment to the very best of their ability. Now that we have discovered oil more responsibility is going to be entrusted on you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in the process of equipping the Airforce and the Navy in protecting our territorial waters and safeguard our resources that the good Lord has so liberally placed at our disposal\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the 51st Graduation Parade of the Ghana Military Academy in Accra on Friday, President Mills reminded the graduating officers of the need to promote a cordial military-civilian relationship for peaceful co-existence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember to help promote military-civilian relations and as you already know the Military is going to be involved in infrastructural development and industrial development\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Source: Citifmonline<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> President John Evans Atta Mills President John Evans Atta Mills has reiterated his government\u2019s commitment to equipping the Ghana Armed Forces to enable it safeguard the country\u2019s oil reserves. According to him, adequately equipping the military would allow the institution to actively involve itself in the infrastructural and industrial development of the country<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-480486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mills pledges to equip military to protect oil - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/09\/02\/mills-pledges-to-equip-military-to-protect-oil\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Mills pledges to equip military to protect oil - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"President John Evans Atta Mills President John Evans Atta Mills has reiterated his government\u2019s commitment to equipping the Ghana Armed Forces to enable it safeguard the country\u2019s oil reserves. 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