HEALTH SECTOR GETS MOTORBIKES FOR FIELD WORK (BACK PAGE)

The Ministry of Health has taken delivery of 4,000 Nafang motorbikes valued at US$52,000 to support the health sector.
The motor bikes will help health workers to reach deprived areas for health delivery services as part of the government’s determination to provide efficient and reliable healthcare service nationwide.
Tanink Ghana Limited, distributors of the motorbikes, in collaboration with the ministry, has trained over 200 district mechanics to give after sales service support.
The Minister of Health, Dr George Sipa-Adjah Yankey, who received the motorbikes, reiterated the government’s determination to ensure that health workers were equipped to work efficiently.
Dr Yankey tasked officials who would use the motorbikes to make sure they were used for the purposes intended.
The Chief Executive of Tanink Ghana Limited, Mr Roger Klogo, expressed the company's determination to assist the ministry to meet its commitment to improve the health care of the citizens.
He said Tanink Ghana Limited would provide after sales servicing of the motorbikes and also train additional 200 district mechanics across the country by June, this year.
Mr Klogo said Tanink Ghana Limited would soon hold discussions with technical institutions, such as Gratis Foundation, on the possibility of producing some spare part components of Nanfang motorbikes locally.
He explained that in consultation with the company's Chinese partners, Nanfang would encourage the production of about 70 to 80 per cent of the bike components locally to serve as catalyst for a future motorbike manufacturing industry in Ghana.