Treat military aviation safety as national security priority – Adib Saani

He said military aircraft are frequently used to transport the President, ministers, Members of Parliament, senior security officials and commanders of the Ghana Armed Forces, making aircraft airworthiness, maintenance, weather assessment and operational risk management critical national security concerns.

Executive Director of the Jatikay Centre for Human Security and Peace Building, Adib Saani, has called on the government to treat military aviation safety as a national security priority, warning that aviation failures involving senior state officials could threaten the continuity of government.

Mr Saani, who is also a security analyst, made the call in an interview with the Ghana News Agency as the country marked the August 6, 2026, military helicopter crash at Adansi Akrofuom in the Ashanti Region.