Ghana Air Force takes over Guard duty at the Jubilee House
18th March 2019
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday, 18th on March 2019, witnessed the change of guard ceremony at the Jubilee House in Accra.
The ceremonial parade is an old tradition inherited from the British during the period of colonialism.
The ceremony, a quarterly event, is similar to that of the Buckingham Palace.
Monday’s ceremony was the 30th ceremonial change of guards since it
was instituted. The new guard, a Ghana Air Force contingent made up of
two (2) Officers and Forty Five (45) men, takes over guard duties from
the old guard, a Ghana Navy Contingent at the Jubilee House for the next
three months.
The ceremony was also witnessed by the Chief of Staff, Madam Akosua
Frema Opare, the Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery, the Minister
for Defence, Dominic Nitiwul, the Inspector General of Police, David
Asante Apeatu, the Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Obed Akwa,
other Service Chiefs and top government functionaries.
Students and Pupils from the Oxford Kingdom International School,
Tiny Gem School, Eno Kwakyewaa International School, Madina Senior High
School, Sap’s School and Accra High School joined the President at the
forecourt of the Jubilee House to witness the changeover.
Also witnessing the ceremony were members of the not-for-profit youth
organization that aims at motivating, inspiring, educating, and
informing to transform young girls into great women of excellence, the
Great Excellence Movement (GEM).
President Akufo Addo after taking the Departure Salute, exchanged
pleasantries with the officers, Students, Pupils and other attendees who
witnessed the ceremony.