The
Chief of Defence Staff, Lt. Gen. Masaneh N. Kinteh, has said that the
promotions in the Gambia Armed Forces are not just routine exercise but a
deliberate effort on the part of the leadership to ensure that officers
promoted must have gone through a standard process coupled with meritorious
service.
CDS
Kinteh made these remarks on the occasion of the decoration and swearing in
ceremony of 18 promoted officers to various ranks within The Gambia Armed
Forces at Defence Headquarters in Banjul on Friday.
“I
will therefore admonish you as beneficiaries to uphold the principles of
unconditional loyalty to the government and people of The Gambia as you have
subscribed to; the oaths, our duties must always be performed on the basis of
sincerity,” he warned.
He
said the promotion is one that is consistent with the needs of The Gambia Armed
Forces and a promotion that is in accordance with the security sector reform
agenda of the government of Adama Barrow.
He
added that promotions are supposed to be normal occurrences in every growing
and transforming organization. Therefore, in accordance with the available
vacancies in The Gambia Armed Forces, he added that the officers was given
various research and presentation tasks which they completed within the
prescribed time and made their submissions successfully which made them worthy
for promotion to their next ranks.
He
said the set of officers decorated were equally eligible to participate in the
promotional exams newly instituted as part of the wider reforms of the Armed
Forces.
CDS
Kinteh advised officers to maintain the highest sense of discipline, loyalty
and commitment to national duties at all times particularly those promoted to
the senior officers’ cadre, saying they would come across greater challenges
that are synonymous to their new roles, and they must face them with the right
attitude.
