For the second time, the Ghana Armed
Forces has had a female Brigadier General in the name of Felicia Twum-Barima.
Having served in the Army for 29-years,Brigadier Felicia Twum-Barima was promoted by president Akufo-Addo on recommendation of the Armed Force Council.
Brigadier General Felicia Twum-Barima has had a successful career in the Ghana Armed Forces. She occupied 22 position both Ghana and abroad. She also has occupied six positions in UN Peacekeeping missions.
As the former Director of Education at the General Headquarters, she will assume her new office of Defense Attache at the Ghana Embassy in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire.
Brigadier General Twum-Barima has affirmed her readiness to work in her new office with determination and optimism.
She is among the first female to be deployed as a Military Observer (MILOB) in a UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
She served as a Staff Officer in the UN mission in Liberia(2010-2011) and Ethiopia and Eritrea (2006-2007).
Source: Flagstaff House.
