President Adama Barrow has been advised by a former top military official to take ownership of the country’s men and women in uniform.
During his closing remarks while testifying before the TRRC on Tuesday, former army spokesman Lamin Gano asked the president as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces to take ownership and responsibility of the nation’s defence force and “to shape and mould for their own benefit as well as for the benefit of the country”.
“There are more than 6000 youths(soldiers) out there who are physically and psychologically fit to do any task given to them. They can be an asset to this country in any aspect that the civilian authorities wants” Mr. Gano argued.
These soldiers, Mr. Gano insisted, can play pivotal roles in the realms of international peacekeeping missions, development initiatives like agriculture, engineering and information technology.
