The Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), Lieutenant General William Agyapong, has promoted Private Teye-Tsu Asare Solomon, a personnel of the Department of Public Relations, to the rank of Lance Corporal with immediate effect.
The promotion, which is to celebrate the soldier who rejected a bribe from illegal miners, was announced by the CDS at an all-ranks durbar at the Burma Hall on Friday 11 July 2025.
Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Teye-Tsu displayed professionalism during an official deployment on guard duties at the Bibiani Gold Mines in the Western Region where he encountered a group of artisanal miners. The miners attempted to bribe him with a handsome amount of money to grant them access to the mines, which he rejected and handed them over to the authorities.
L/Cpl Teye-Tsu, in addition to his promotion, has been nominated to serve with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon in addition to other rewards.
Presenting the rewards, the CDS urged personnel to always remember their oath to the state and act professionally. He added that as much as acts of indiscipline would attract sanctions, the same way would professional acts, such as those of L/Cpl Teye-Tsu Asare Solomon, attract reward and commendation.
source:www.senaradioonline.com
