Gov't acquires Kantanka vehicles for Presidency
The Office of the Vice-President has taken delivery of two Kantanka Onantefuo 4X4 vehicles to add to the fleet of vehicles at the Presidency.
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A third vehicle is expected to be delivered in due course.
This action is in fulfilment of the government’s pledge to support the Kantanka Automobile Company to thrive and give meaning to the campaign for Ghanaians to patronise locally manufactured products.
Kantanka vehicles
Receiving the vehicles at the Kantanka Automobile Assembly Plant at Gomoa Mpota in the Central Region on Tuesday, the Vice-President, Mr Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, expressed optimism about the prospects of the Kantanka Automobile Company founded by Apostle Dr Kwadwo Safo.
The assembly plant is where the various types of Kantanka vehicles are made, including the electric saloon and electric four-wheel drives, an electric SUV called the Nkunimdie, the Kantanka Onantefuo 4x4 pick-up and the electric Kantanka Opasuo Range.
Facility visit
The Vice-President, who was conducted round the assembly plant by the Chief Operating Officer of the company, Mr Kwadwo Safo Jnr, said the vehicles could compete with other imported vehicles, particularly as their spare parts were readily available on the local market.
He stated that procuring the vehicles was in line with the government’s call to the citizenry to patronise made in Ghana goods and added that “this is only the beginning; with time we will get there”.
Mr Amissah-Arthur visited the welding line, the spraying room, the general assembly line (rain tests) and test line of the plant.
Exhibition
Apostle Safo, on an annual basis, displays his products at an event dubbed: “Technology exhibition of the Kristo Asafo Mission” in Accra which provides a platform for him to showcase his innovations.
At the last exhibition in January this year, he displayed a Kantanka 4x4 cross country vehicle, a Kantanka saloon car which is started by the wave of a handkerchief, a six-cylinder car engine with a radiator, military warfare apparel and some electronic devices.
Mr Amissah-Arthur, who was the guest of honour at that event, noted that innovation and technology were a prerequisite for national development and expressed the government’s readiness to support Apostle Safo to propel his mission to higher heights.
Writer’s email: sebastian.syme@graphic.com.gh