The Ministry of Defence in consultation with the Military High Command launched a programme dubbed 'Civil-Military Collaboration for Socio-Economic Development' (CIMICSED) to actively embark on industrial development projects to enhance national socioeconomic development. To that end, a limited liability company known as the Defence Industries Holding Company (DIHOC) Limited had been formed to undertake industrial development.
A delegation from the French Army paid a courtesy call on the Deputy Defence Minister, Hon Ernest Brogya Genfi at The Square.
The Hon Defence Minister, Dr Edward Omane Boamah inaugurated a new nine-member Governing Board for the Defence Industries Holding Company Limited (DIHOC), at a ceremony held at the Ministry.
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has inaugurated 12 Joint Venture companies under the auspices of the Defence Industries Holding Company Limited (DIHOC) of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) to lay the foundations for a defence industrial complex.