President Akufo-Addo has announced the increment of the United Nations Peacekeeping Troops contribution allowances from $30.00 to $35.00 per soldier per day.
According to the President, he will continue to pay the troops regularly at the operational areas.
“Government has increased peacekeeping allowances and as promised will continue to pay the troops regularly,” he said while delivering his third State of the Nations Address in Parliament Thursday, February 21, 2019.
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The President also noted that government will soon provide improved training facilities by transforming the Military Academy into a World Class institutions, and expand the housing project from six 16 flats to 44 and begin constructing 160 2-bedroom apartment across the country.
He said the government will also complete the 500-bed military hospital in the Ashanti Region and begin the third phase of the project.
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“We’ll continue to modernize security apparatus for the army to effectively dispense its duties. We have been busy this year supplying the police with vital policing equipment” he noted.
