NEW CANTEEN FOR NAVY (PAGE 29, MARCH 22, 2010)

The Navy in Tema has through self-help constructed an over 200-seating capacity multi-purpose canteen at a cost of GH¢100,000 to serve personnel of the Eastern Naval Command.
The canteen would also provide space for informal meetings and interactions.
In an address read for him during the inauguration of the canteen, the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Rear Admiral Mathew Quarshie, commended the personnel for their spirit of self-help.
He said such self-help projects would play a key role in the administration of the navy.
The CNS, therefore, called on all naval commanders in the country to promote and initiate self-help projects in their commands.
Rear Admiral Quarshie noted that commands which would take the initiative to undertake self-help projects would be supported by the Naval Administration.
He further noted that self-help projects also fostered the building of team spirit and unity of purpose in the navy.
He entreated all officers and Divisional Senior Rates to inspire confidence in the young personnel in order to motivate them to volunteer their individual skills and talents to support the vision of the Ghana Navy.
The CNS commended personnel who volunteered their services for the construction of the canteen and encouraged them to keep sacrificing for the job.
Rear Admiral Quarshie disclosed that a seed money of GH¢20,000 had been approved by the administration to support the Eastern Naval Command’s library self-help upgrading initiative.
He urged the personnel to initiate the construction of a drill and three weapon sheds through self-help to the training of recruits at the Command.
The Flag Officer Commanding the Eastern Naval Command, Commodore Albert Addison, who represented the CDS, inaugurated the canteen.
The Commanding Officer of the Tema Naval Base, Commander Emmanuel Ayesi Kwafo, thanked corporate organisations which supported the navy in cash and kind to construct the canteen.
He stated that the canteen would be opened to the general public for the hosting of social gatherings, indicating that food vendors who would operate at the canteen would be screened and certified to meet health standards.
Civilian workers of the command and officers and personnel who showed extreme commitment and skills towards the completion of the project were presented with awards.