President Akufo-Addo Officially Opens Ghana Navy Forward Operating Base In Ezinlibo

In order to help ensure security on the Western route, particularly for oil and gas installations, President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday, December 23, officially opened a Ghana Navy Forward Operating Base at Ezinlibo in the Western Region.

Residential apartments have been finished on 83% of the Forward Operating Base, however important elements like the roads and breakwater still need to be finished, and land compensation is still pending.

The President underlined the importance of the facility in ensuring maritime security in the Western African sub-region while addressing at the commissioning of the installation, whose operational start date is uncertain.

“The Ghana Navy Forward Operating Base will not only provide our Navy with the robust platform to protect our critical economic asserts but also strengthen our regional security co-operation … while resolving to play an active role in ensuring peace and stability in West Africa and beyond.”

“This contribution would not have been possible without numerous stakeholders in essence, I would like to extend profound appreciation to the government and the people of Ghana, the Western Nzema traditional council led by his Paramount Chief Awula Ano Agyei III and the sub-chiefs for their generosity in making available the land for this project.”

“Awula, your selfless commitment to Ghana’s development is deeply appreciated and deserving of praise, And I assure you that the issue on land compensation and ensuring protection will be satisfactorily resolved just as compensation for crops that have been affected.”