[ 2015-03-26 ]

‘Kantanka’ vehicle presented to Ghana Police
The Ghana Police Service is the first public
institution in the country to use a locally-made
vehicle, “Kantanka Omama”.

That follows the presentation of one of the
“Kantanka Omama”, pickup vehicles, to the
Ghana Police Service to enhance the work of the
police.

The cost of the vehicle was not made available.

More vehicles

Before handing over the keys to the vehicle to the
police at a ceremony at the Police headquarters in
Accra, yesterday, the Chief Executive Officer of
the Kantanka Group of Companies, Mr Kwadwo Sarfo
Jnr, said the vehicle was to assist the police in
combating crime.

He said the presentation should be seen as a move
against crime as it would enable the police to
take the fight to criminals.

The Kantanka Group of Companies, he said, would be
presenting two additional cars to the police later
to enable them to provide efficient services to
the public.

Mr Sarfo said it took three weeks to assemble the
vehicle, which had the normal features of a pickup
apart from the voice control system.

“It is very robust and economical with a fuel
consumption of 2.7 litres. The benefit is that
there is no duty components attached to the
price,” he said later in an interview.

He stated that the company would launch its
commercial fleet of vehicles before the end of the
year but declined to give further details.

Speaking vehicles

After inspecting the vehicle with other members of
the police management board, guests at the
ceremony were enthused by the voice control
mechanism in the car which alerts other road users
when the vehicle was reversing.

“I am reversing, please watch out, watch out,”
said a female voice when the vehicle was in the
reverse gear.

IGP shows gratitude

Receiving the keys to the vehicle, the Inspector
General of Police, Mr Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan,
said the vehicle would help the police to be more
effective in their efforts to fight crime.

“We thank this ingenious Ghanaian company for
choosing the Ghana Police Service as the first
public institution to use its vehicle. I can see
that the vehicle can stand the test of time,”he
said.

He said the police in their bid to serve the
public had created new divisional, district and
police stations throughout the country.

“We have created an additional 28 police
divisions, 65 districts and 165 police stations to
complement the existing police commands in spite
of our constraints with logistics. We believe
stakeholders like you will support us with
logistics. We will continue to take initiatives
and not wait for manna to fall.”

The new commands bring the total number of police
stations across the country to 882, while the
district police commands have been increased to
267. There are currently 77 divisional commands.

Source - Daily Graphic

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