Young Ghanaian Man Shares His Incredible Journey To Becoming An Army Officer

Young Ghanaian Man Shares His Incredible Journey To Becoming An Army Officer

  • A video detailing the journey of a young Ghanaian man to becoming an army officer has warm hearts online
  • The young man, Nana Kwame, did a throwback of his time in nursery school and SHS vis-à-vis his current status as an army officer
  • Followers of his TikTok page who chanced on his video thronged the comment section with congratulatory messages

A young Ghanaian man who recently passed out as a soldier has warmed hearts on social media with old photos, detailing the genesis of his new career path.

In a video spotted by YEN.com.gh on TikTok, the young man showed photos from his preparatory school days to his current status.

Young Ghanaian man shares his incredible journey to becoming a soldier
Nana Kwame, the young soldier. Photo credit: @rastersoldier7/TikTok
Source: TikTok

From the photos sighted, it appeared the young soldier, identified on his socials as Nana Kwame, did not further his education after secondary school.

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It also showed the days when Nana Kwame struggled as a young unemployed SHS leaver to figure out his life and the future ahead of him.

The rolling photos captured Nana Kwame wearing braided hair, known in Ghanaian parlance as rasta, which he later trimmed off upon the advice of his mother.

The video, captioned, "How I started the life and how it ends. Wait till the end," later captured the young man's journey to joining the Ghana Armed Forces as a recruit, from when he went for his medicals to his time at the military training school.

Having experienced God's goodness and mercies in his life, Nana Kwame appealed to his online community to help him thank his maker for rewriting his story.

"Help me to say thank you Lord; how I wish I get all the pictures but I lost that phone. I have a lot to tell," he wrote in the caption of the video.

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Congratulatory messages flood his comment section

Netizens who followed Nana Kwame's TikTok page flooded his comment section to congratulate him.

@Maame Efe said:

"It’s left with marriage."

@Nana Kwame replied:

"It will be me n u."

@Ëllä also said:

"I tap in your blessing."

@Mogpa Ba commented:

"I tap into des Glory in Jesus name."

@user43470033636087 also commented:

"May your favor of God reach me."

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YEN.com.gh previously reported that a lady detailed her inspiring journey from Ghana to Canada in a beautiful video posted on TikTok.

She recalled leaving the airport in Ghana, arriving in Canada, her first day in school, celebrating Thanksgiving, and her first outing in Canada.

The adorable footage of the lady prompted heartwarming reactions from many viewers on social media.

Proofread by Edwina N.K Quarcoo, journalist and copy editor at YEN.com.gh.

Source: YEN.com.gh

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Salifu Bagulube Moro (Human-Interest Editor) Salifu Bagulube Moro is a Human Interest Editor at YEN.com.gh. He has over six years of experience in journalism. He graduated from the Ghana Institute of Journalism in 2018, where he obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Studies with a specialization in Journalism. Salifu previously worked with Opera News as a Content Management Systems (CMS) Editor. He also worked as an Online Reporter for the Ghanatalksbusiness.com news portal, as well as with the Graphic Communications Group Limited as a National Service Person. Email: salifu.moro@yen.com.gh.