National Cadet Corps (Ghana)

National Cadet Corps
Active

1954 - present

Current form: 2002 – present
Role Military Trainee Uniformed Group
Size 23,603+[1]
Headquarters Accra
Motto(s) Discipline and Loyalty
Commanders
Director General Co-ordinator General Nicholas Nii Tettey-Amarteifio[2]

The National Cadet Corps (NCCG) of Ghana is an amalgamation of Army (GA), Navy (GN), Air Force (GHF), Police (GPS) and the Fire (GNFRS) Cadets in Ghana. It came into establishment in 1954 under the ministry of education, with its current form and organization being establish in 2002, under the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

National Coordinator General

  • Mr. Nicholas Nii Tettey-Amarteifio – National Cadet Coordinator General, Coordinator of the National Cadet Corps, Ghana
  • Derrick Clottey – Chief Staff Officer,

History

The Cadet Corps of Ghana, was first established in 1954 at the Ghana Secondary Technical School (GSTS), Takoradi in the Western Region (with just a handful of student cadet). Currently the Corps has membership school strength of about two-hundred and twenty-three (223) and a numerical strength of about sixty-five thousand three-hundred and eighty (65,380) in all ten regions of Ghana.

Structure

The national cadet corp has the following as its command and administrative structures.

  • His Excellency the President – Commandant In Chief of the Cadet Corps
  • His Excellency the Vice President – Deputy Commandant In Chief of the Cadet Corps
  • Minister of Youth and Sports – over seeing Ministry of the Cadet
  • Ghana Education Service
  • Ministry Chief Directors
  • Cadet Headquarters
  • Sectoral Headquarters
  • Regional Headquarters
  • District Headquarters
  • Schools Cadet Corps

Task/Appointment

The Adult Staff in an institution can be given the following appointments:

  • OC [ Officer Commanding ] – Officer Commanding the school
  • SUO [ Senior Under officer ] – Second In Command
  • JUO [ Junior Under Officer ] – Adjutant

Cadets follow the below ranks:

Army Air Force Navy Police Fire and Rescue
Cadet Warrant Officer Class I Cadet Warrant Officer Class I Cadet Chief Petty Officer Cadet Regional Sergeant Major Cadet Staff Firefighter Major
Cadet Warrant Officer Class II Cadet Warrant Officer Class II Cadet District Sergeant Major
Cadet Staff Sergeant Cadet Flight Sergeant Cadet Petty Officer Class I Cadet Staff Firefighter
Cadet Sergeant Cadet Sergeant Cadet Petty Officer Class II Cadet Sergeant Cadet Senior Firefighter
Cadet Corporal Cadet Corporal Cadet Leading Seaman Cadet Corporal Cadet Leading Firefighter
Cadet Lance Corporal Cadet Leading Aircraftsman Cadet Lance Corporal
Cadet Private Cadet Aircraftsman Cadet Seaman Cadet Private Cadet Firefighter

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Size of NCCG".
  2. ↑ "Co-ordinator Gen Nicholas Nii Tettey-Amarteifio". ghanacadet.gov.gh. 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
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