It took the duty of guarding the seat of government from the Navy at a short but colourful guard-changing ceremony in Accra.

The ceremony saw the Com­mander-In-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, President John Dra­mani Mahama, in attendance.

Also present were the Ministers for Defence, Dr Edward Omane Boamah; Interior, Alhaji Moham­med-Mubarak Muntaka; Labour, Jobs and Employment, Dr Hassan Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo; Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah; the Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Wil­liam Agyapong and other senior officials at the Presidency.

The Changing of the Guard ceremony is a symbolic gesture representing the transfer of re­sponsibility for security regarding guard duties at the Presidency.