President , the Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, has charged Major General William Agyapong, the new Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces, to be resolute in his leadership of the military. "Effect courageous changes based on professionalism, if need be," President Mahama stated in his remarks during a courtesy visit to him at the Presidency in Accra by the Chief of Defence Staff.
The new Chief of Defence Staff and his team paid the courtesy visit to the President as a sign of their unalloyed loyalty and appreciation to the Constitution of the Republic of Ghana and the State.
Major General Agyapong was accompanied by Major General Lawrence Kwaku Gbetanu, the Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral Godwin Livinus Bessing, Chief of Naval Staff; Air Vice Marshal Eric Agyen-Frempong, Chief of Air Staff; and Air Vice Marshal Joshua Lartei Mensah-Larkai, Chief of Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces.
President Mahama urged the Service Chiefs to work as a loyal, dedicated, and united team of generals led by Major General Agyapong, the Chief of Defence Staff.