Ghana’s government has announced that its soldiers serving with the ECOWAS mission in The Gambia will be reduced from 208 to 50.
Local media Starr FM, reported that the country’s Minister for Defence Dominic Nitiwul told parliament on Wednesday that the downsizing of the troops is because of the current progress made in securing the Gambia as requested by the new president, Adama Barrow.
Mr. Barrow had requested that the ECOWAS troops that entered his country to help oust now exiled leader Yahya Jammeh remain for a period of time.
Ghana’s defence minister, Dominic Nitiwul said “I can report to this House that our troops have taken advantage of their presence in The Gambia to visit and secure all the Ghanaian people or people of Ghanaian descent. The Ghanaian community in The Gambia are well secured and safe”.
He added that “Ghana’s deployment has been successful because of government’s prompt decision and approval of the financial support that the troops needed. It is envisaged that 158 men will be arriving on the 20th and 21st, leaving 50 men in The Gambia”.
Source: Africafeeds.com
