Ghana government orders for 70 computerized fire tenders from India, Belgium
The government of Ghana has placed an order for 70 fire tenders to equip the Ghana Fire Service (GNFS).
The Ghana News Agency cites the Vice President, Mr John Dramani Mahama, as saying at a durbar of chiefs, Assembly Members and security agencies in the Techiman Municipality, that the government is making the necessary arrangements to equip the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) with standard fire tenders to enhance its work.
“Vice President Mahama announced that the government had placed an order for more than 50 similar computerized fire tenders from India and more than 20 from Belgium”, the report said on July 13, 2011.
He said the fire tenders imported into the country will conform to international standards.
The government in June this year inaugurated 54 fire tenders and equipment worth $49 million for the GNFS in Accra.
By Ekow Quandzie
Why this government keep ordering such important vehicles from India instead of developed world. How long are they going to last, they amy be cheap but frequent break down will be unacceptable for such waste