- Title: GHANA: PASSING OUT PARADE OF BORDER GUARDS AT WINNEBA
- Date: 9th October 1966
- Summary: 1. GV COMMISSIONER OF POLICE J.E.O. NUNOO ARRIVES 0.05 2. GV CROWD 0.07 3. SV MR. NUNOO WALKS TOWARDS PARADE 0.09 4. CU COMMANDER GIVES ORDER 0.11 5. GV GUARDS STAND TO ATTENTION 0.13 6. SV MR. NUNOO INSPECTS PARADE (2 SHOTS) 0.29 7. GV CROWD (2 SHOTS) 0.34 8. LV MR. NUNOO SPEAKS ON ROSTRUM 0.38 9. CU DITTO 0
- Embargoed: 24th October 1966 12:00
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- Location: WINNEBA, CENTRAL REGION, GHANA
- Country: Ghana
- Reuters ID: LVAE4H8L9UD7ZB5ZJI0R9ZU2LOPY
- Story Text: AT WINNEBA, 107 RECRUITS OF THE BORDER GUARD DEPARTMENT OF THE GHANA POLICE SERVICE PASSED OUT AT A CEREMONY ON FRIDAY.
THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, MR. J.E.O. NUNOO, WAS AT THE CEREMONY TO TAKE THE SALUTE FROM THE GUARD WHO HAD JUST COMPLETED A SIX-MONTH COURSE IN BORDER DUTIES.
SOON AFTER HIS ARRIVAL MR. NUNOO WAS GIVEN A GENERAL SALUTE. HE THEN INSPECTED A GUARD OF HONOUR MOUNTED BY THE RECRUITS, WHO LATER PERFORMED ARMS DRILL, EXERCISES AND VARIOUS MARCHING MOVEMENTS.
IN AN ADDRESS, MR. NUNOO SAID THAT MEMBERS OF THE GHANA POLICE SERVICE WHO EXPECTED TO ACQUIRE EASY MONEY SHOULD EITHER RESIGN OR LEARN TO LIVE WITHIN THEIR MEANS. THE COMMISSIONER SAID THE NEW GHANA EXPECTED ALL POLICEMEN TO BE HONEST AND SINCERE.
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