ARRIVAL OF NEW DEPUTY FORCE COMMANDER TO MINURSO

16 Feb 2024

ARRIVAL OF NEW DEPUTY FORCE COMMANDER TO MINURSO

On 16 February 2024, a military parade was held at MINURSO HQ in Laayoune for the handover ceremony between the Brigadier-General Gabriel Esho from Nigeria as the new Deputy Force Commander and the departing DFC Commodore Faustina Boakyewaa Anokye. The ceremony  honoring the newly arrived Deputy Force Commander and paying tribute to the departing Commodore Faustina Boakyewaa Anokye was presided over by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) and Head of Mission Alexander Ivanko in the presence of the Force Commander, Major-General MD Fakhrul Ahsen, in addition to the military and civilian personnel. 

In his speech, the SRSG hailed the brilliant work of Commodore Faustina Boakyewaa Anokye in MINURSO and awarded her the UN medal in recognition of her excellent service. The event was marked by the handing over of a symbolic baton from Commodore Faustina Boakyewaa Anokye to  her  successor Brigadier-General Gabriel Esho under the supervision of the Force Commander, Major-General MD Fakhrul Ahsen.