ZOIL Services Limited, a subsidiary of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, a waste management company, has embarked on an outreach programme to educate boat owners on the necessity to take safety measures seriously on the Volta Lake.
Dubbed: “The Volta Lake enhancement project”, a total of 2000 life jackets have been distributed to boat owners at Tapa Abotoase, Kpando Tokor, Wusuta, Sogakope and Keta.
Speaking in an interview with the Daily Graphic in Ho, Mr Francis Tawiah, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Zoomlion, said the project was to inculcate in the people the need to wear life jackets whenever they travelled by boat.
He was optimistic that the items would encourage boat owners and operators to be disciplined in the discharge of their duties as a number of people depended on the lake for their livelihood.
Mr Tawiah said the project was in collaboration with the Ministry of Transport and would be intensified during the rainy season when the lake would be full.
The PRO also urged the boat owners and operators to desist from overloading their boats, adding that they had trained some personnel who they had deployed to such sites to save lives should there be accidents on the lake.
Mr Tawiah said he would regularly inspect the area to ensure that the equipment was used for the intended purpose.
Receiving the items, Mr Emmanuel Alimo, a representative of the boat owners association, thanked Zoomlion for the support.
He pledged to ensure that the equipment would be utilised to ensure safety on the lake.
Mr Alimo said due to the co-operation between the naval personnel and boat owners, accidents on the lake had been brought to the barest minimum in spite of the illegal loading of passengers by small canoes.
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