Govt Has Not Violated Any Law For Deploying Soldiers to Jamaica- Ablakwa

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has contested claims that the government has violated the constitution in the deployment of military personnel to Jaiman to assist in its rebuilding.

According to him, the government acted within the confines of the country’s traditions, conventions and laws.

“There is no law of Ghana which has been breached, no constitutional provision has been violated, and we are well within our traditions, our conventions and our laws,” he said in an interview on TV3.

According to him, the Minority MPs who made the claims failed to point to the exact provisions they alleged had been breached.

“To say that it is not right, it is so un-Ghanaian. When you are a minority, it doesn’t mean you should criticise everything. They are criticising for criticising sake of criticism. We asked them to show us any provision in the constitution, but they couldn’t. We are not deploying troops for combat. These are troops on a humanitarian mission.”

On December 17, 2025, Ghana deployed fifty-four (54) personnel from the Ghana Armed Forces to Jamaica to support national rebuilding efforts following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa.
They are personnel of the 14th Engineer Brigade, Engineer Contingent 1 and expected to offer engineering, reconstruction, technical and logistical support and community-focused assistance.

Story by Hajara Fuseini

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