Vice Admiral Matthew Quashie, Chief of Ghana’s Defence Staff
15 September 2015 by Jonathan Katzenellenbogen - defenceWeb
The Chief of Ghana’s Defence Staff has appealed for additional international help in fighting mounting piracy off the West African coast.
Vice Admiral Matthew Quashie said the Gulf of Guinea had become the world’s “piracy hotspot” and that West Africa needed greater international help from the world’s larger navies to help secure the region’s waters. The South African Navy had made a number of visits to Ghana for joint exercises and their support in fighting piracy would be “most welcome,” he said.
The recent discovery of large deposits of oil and gas off the coast of Ghana have raised fears in Accra about the rise in piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.
Quashie also said he wanted to see greater cooperation on security matters from the oil companies. “They (the oil companies) must stop using the excuse that they are not supposed to do anything for the military,” he said.
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