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National Cadet Corps (Ghana)

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Active
  
2002 – present

Headquarters
  
Accra

Website
  
www.gaf.mil.gh/

Size
  
23,603+

Motto(s)
  
Discipline and Loyalty

National Cadet Corps (Ghana)

Role
  
Military Trainee Uniformed Group

The National Cadet Corps (NCCG) of Ghana is an amalgamation of Army (GA), Navy (GN), Air Force (GHF), Police (GPS) and the Fire (GNFRS) Cadets in Ghana. It came into establishment in 1954 under the ministry of education, presently Ministry of Youth and Sports.

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National Coordinator General

  • Mr. Nicholas Nii Tettey-Amarteifio – National Cadet Coordinator General, Coordinator of the National Cadet Corps, Ghana
  • Derrick Clottey – Chief Staff Officer,

    • History

    The Cadet Corps, Ghana was first established in 1954 at the Ghana Secondary Technical School (GSTS), Takoradi in the Western Region (with just a handful of student cadet). Currently the Corps has membership school strength of about two-hundred and twenty-three (223) and a numerical strength of about sixty Five thousand three-hundred and eighty (65,380) in all the ten regions of Ghana.

    Structure

    The national cadet corp has the following as its command and administrative structures.

  • His Excellency the President – Commandant In Chief of the Cadet Corps
  • His Excellency the Vice President – Deputy Commandant In Chief of the Cadet Corps
  • Minister of Youth and Sports – over seeing Ministry of the Cadet
  • Ghana Education Service
  • Ministry Chief Directors
  • Cadet Headquarters
  • Sectoral Headquarters
  • Regional Headquarters
  • District Headquarters
  • Schools Cadet Corps

    • Task/Appointment

    The senior most cadet in an institution are given the following appointment:

  • OC [ Officer Commanding ] – Officer Commanding the school
  • SUO [ Senior Under officer ] – Second In Command
  • JUO [ Junior Under Officer ] – Adjutant

    • Cadets follow the below ranks:

    References

    National Cadet Corps (Ghana) Wikipedia
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