18/05/2023
UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN GHANA BATTALION 10 HONOURED WITH UNITED NATIONS MEDALS
After serving for eight months, personnel of United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Ghana Battalion (GHANBATT) 10 have been honoured with prestigious United Nations (UN) medals. The Commanding Officer (CO), Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Prince Tandoh and 699 all ranks were presented with their medals during a colourful parade held at the Battalion Headquarters in Bentiu on Friday 28 April 2023. The stunningly orchestrated parade featured 130 all ranks comprising 3 male contingents, an all-female contingent and the GHANBATT Band.
In attendance at the ceremony was a high-powered Medal Day Delegation from Ghana, led by the Deputy Chief of Staff (DCOS), Personnel Administration at the General Headquarters, Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Michael Appiah- Agyekum. Also present was the Commander, Sector Unity, Brigadier General (Brig Gen) Emmanuel Rugazera, the Acting Head of Field Office (HoFO), Madam Jane Lanyero Kony, with the Force Commander (FC) UNMISS, Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Mohan Subramanian who was also the Reviewing Officer for the parade.
Following the presentation of the UN medals to personnel of UNMISS GHANBATT 10, the FC began his address by stating that he felt honoured to present the UN medals to “one of his best battalions with the Force”. The FC said that as he heard torrential rains pounding the roof of his accommodation unit at dawn, he wondered how GHANBATT’s medal presentation parade would still take place. However, he arrived at the Camp to find that GHANBATT was ready for the parade. The FC added that this spoke volumes of GHANBATT’s professionalism and tenacity against all odds and lauded the CO for his exemplary leadership.
The Acting HoFO, in her address said that GHANBATT has endeared itself and has won the hearts and minds of the people of Unity State through its donation of stationery items to schools within Bentiu and Rubkona, as well as the vet