Gen. Akwa was due for official retirement this weekend, however, the president has offered him a 6-month contract that extends to 2021, the Daybreak Newspaper reports.
Akufo-Addo gives retiring Chief of Defence Staff six months contract
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has extended the mandate of Lt. Gen. Akwa as the Chief of Defence Staff for six extra months.
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Lt. Gen Akwa was born on 20 June 1955. He went through various first cycle educational institutions in the Brong Ahafo, Eastern and Northern Regions of Ghana before gaining admission into Mpraeso Secondary School in 1968.
On obtaining his General Certificate of Education (Ordinary Level), he proceeded to Sekondi College for his Sixth Form Studies from 1973 – 1975, and obtained the General Certificate of Education (Advanced Level).
Lieutenant General Akwa enlisted into the Ghana Military Academy in October 1975 and continued with his training at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, United Kingdom, from January 1976 to March 1977.
He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 24 March 1977 and was first posted to the 1st Battalion of Infantry, as a Platoon Commander.
Before Lieutenant General OB Akwa was appointed the Chief of Army Staff on 1 July 2016 by the Mahama government, he was the Commandant of Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre.
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