Executive Committee (EXECOM)

BRIGADIER GENERAL ANTHONY NTEM

COMMISSIONER GENERAL

Brigadier General Anthony Ntem was commissioned into the Ghana Armed Forces on 17 August 1990, as part of Regular Career Course 30. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant and posted on first commission to 1 Signal Regiment. General Anthony Ntem has attended all military career courses commensurate to his rank both at home and abroad. Some of these include, Junior and Senior Command and Staff Courses at the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College – Teshie, Military Diplomacy Course at the Egyptian Armed Forces Military Intelligence Authority, Anti-Corruption Training at the National Anti-Corruption Academy of Administrative Control Authority in Egypt.
He has also attended the Conflict Analysis and Mediation and the International Peace Support Operations and Managing Defence in a Wider Security Context Course at the Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping and Training Center, additionally he has attended the Internal Crisis Management Course Organized by the University of Bradford and Cranfield University and the Defence Management Course.
The Commissioner General Ntem has held numerous appointments both at home and abroad. Notable among them are Director General, Defence Communication and Information Systems at the General Headquarters, Director Communications at the General Headquarters, Commanding Officer 1 Signal Regiment. Before his appointment as Commissioner General, he was the Commander 17 Army Signal Brigade in Burma Camp. General Ntem is a veteran Peacekeeper and has served in various capacities in United Nations and ECOWAS Missions. He has commanded Ghanaian Battalions in Lebanon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Incoming Commissioner is a certified Telecommunication Engineer and holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the Ghana Telecommunication University College. He also holds a certificate in Digital Communication from the same university.
His hobbies are playing table tennis and watching soccer, but when indoors, loves to read and watch comedy movies. He is happily married with children.