Ghana VP Opoku-Agyemang becomes country's first female chair of military council

Ghana’s Vice President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang has made history by becoming the first female Chairperson of the Ghana Armed Forces Council, the presidency announced.

President John Dramani Mahama inaugurated the Council at the Ministry of Defence in Accra on Monday.

The council, mandated by the 1992 Constitution, advises the president on defence and strategy matters, encompassing the role of the armed forces, military budgeting and finance, administration, and the promotion of officers above the rank of lieutenant colonel or its equivalent.

Alongside the Vice President, council members include Dr Edward Kofi Omane Boamah, Defence Minister, and Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Foreign Minister.