GHANBATT 74 Soldiers Appeal For Help

About 1,000 Ghanaian soldiers are appealing for assistance to retrieve household items they purchased while serving with the United Nations in Lebanon.

The soldiers, who were part of GHANBATT 74 and 75, completed their assignments over a year ago.

A reliable source close to the some of the soldiers, especially GHANBATT 75, indicated that immediately they arrived in the operational area, the GHANBATT second in command, Major George Nkansah introduced DELTA as the firm to handle the shipment of the household items from Lebanon to Ghana.

The soldiers claimed they were not given the option to choose; even the CIF charges were fixed arbitrarily by Major Nkansah and the Commanding Officer Lt. Colonel Dawohuso.

The soldiers alleged that anytime they raised the issue they were informed that it was being handled.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Delta company is a regular visitor to the Army Headquarters.

The soldiers further alleged that the Commanding Officer, Lt. Col. Dawohuso, now a directing staff at the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC) and his second in command, Major George Nkansah, now at the Army headquarters, connived with some Lebanese business people and shipped goods that they had purchased under the guise of military property at a cost to taxpayers. In fact they claim this arrangement to use Ghana Government funds to ship goods for businessmen is not a new phenomenon.

What worries the soldiers is the fact that DELTA has not delivered the goods for GHANBATT 74 almost a year since their return and for GHANBATT 75 since June 2012. They say they will ‘advise’ themselves if they do not receive their goods within the next two weeks.

The soldiers further alleged that Lt. Col. Dawohoso had been questioned before on suspicion of similar practices after a similar stint of duty in Sierra Leone.