{"id":451049,"date":"2017-12-31T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/31\/new-commanding-officer-of-northern-command-takes-over\/"},"modified":"2017-12-31T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-31T10:00:00","slug":"new-commanding-officer-of-northern-command-takes-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/31\/new-commanding-officer-of-northern-command-takes-over\/","title":{"rendered":"New commanding officer of Northern Command takes over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday, 30 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghananewsagency.org<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-30<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/74602377.295.jpg\" alt=\"THE SPECIAL GUEST OF HONOUR BRI GEN FRANCIS OFORI DELIVERING HIS SPEECH 3\" title=\"THE SPECIAL GUEST OF HONOUR BRI GEN FRANCIS OFORI DELIVERING HIS SPEECH 3\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Brigadier General Francis Ofori<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514714400_103_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Brigadier General Francis Ofori has taken over as the new General Officer Commanding the Northern Command (GOC\/N) at the headquarters of Northern Command in the Nyohini camp in Tamale.<\/p>\n<p>He took over from Brigadier General Stanley Brian Alloh, who has completed his one-year tenure as the commanding officer and is heading back to the Commander Support Service Brigade.<\/p>\n<p>Two contingent officers drawn from the 6BN and the Airborne Force in Tamale held a change of command parade and pulling-out ceremony at the Headquarters of Northern Command in line with military custom to bid Brigadier Alloh farewell.<\/p>\n<p>Brigadier Alloh said he was pleased with all the achievement in maintaining peace, law and order in the region, and urged the new Commander to do same.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the military officers to offer their support to the new Commander in his effort to uphold law and order to keep citizens safe and maintain peace in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He said operationally, the Northern Command has the greatest land mass among the three commands, accounting for a larger number of troops been overstretched in their deployments to ensure peace in the various flashpoints in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Salifu Saeed, the Northern Regional Minister in a speech read on his behalf, expressed satisfaction with the enormous effort of the military and other security agencies in the region are making to ensure peace in the region.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 2 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Saturday, 30 December 2017 Source: ghananewsagency.org 2017-12-30 Brigadier General Francis Ofori Brigadier General Francis Ofori has taken over as the new General Officer Commanding the Northern Command (GOC\/N) at the headquarters of Northern Command in the Nyohini camp in Tamale. 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