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Defense Official Promises to Improve Living Conditions for Better Behavior
Equatorial Guinea’s second vice president, the country’s
top national security official, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, toured military barracks last week
promising better living conditions in exchange for better behavior.
He stated that the
armed forces needed a better image, which would come with more professionalism
and better behavior on the part of all members of the military at all ranks. In
expressing his commitment to improving their living conditions, pay and
benefits, he said, “I will build
hospitals, schools, modern pharmacies and company stores where the soldier will
feel at ease.”
Equatorial
Guinea has worked to improve a number of industries and national sectors in
recent months, including military living conditions. The government has also
worked to enhance telecommunications by establishing GITGE (Management and
Maintenance of Telecommunication Infrastructures organization in Equatorial
Guinea) and the public health sector by awarding scientists the UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea prize to continue their work in
addressing global health issues.
