Elmina: Government to pilot solar-powered outboard motors in October, says Bawumia
The government will launch solar-powered outboard motors for fishers across the country in October this year, the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has announced. The motors will be piloted in Elmina in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem of the Central Region next month, during which fishers will be trained on how the … The post Elmina: Government to pilot solar-powered outboard motors in October, says Bawumia appeared first on Asaase Radio.
The government will launch solar-powered outboard motors for fishers across the country in October this year, the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has announced.
The motors will be piloted in Elmina in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem of the Central Region next month, during which fishers will be trained on how the machines operate.
Speaking to the chiefs and people of Elmina during his tour of the constituency, Dr Bawumia said the new machines had been introduced to mitigate the challenges associated with premix fuel.
The exorbitant cost of premix fuel, shortage and smuggling among other challenges had been the bane of the artisanal fisheries sector for years, a situation the new motors seek to improve.
Dr Bawumia announced that the affordable solar-powered outboard motors would be sold to the fishers on hire purchase.
“You will no longer need premix anymore because God will give it to you every day with the sun,” he said.
“We will be giving you a treasury scheme and that will help everybody and reduce all the problems,” he added.
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