{"id":462043,"date":"2018-02-06T22:22:22","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T22:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/06\/mahamas-vip-cars-govt-saves-8-8m-buys-100-cars-for-police-service\/"},"modified":"2018-02-06T22:22:22","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T22:22:22","slug":"mahamas-vip-cars-govt-saves-8-8m-buys-100-cars-for-police-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/06\/mahamas-vip-cars-govt-saves-8-8m-buys-100-cars-for-police-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama\u2019s VIP cars: Gov\u2019t saves $8.8m, buys 100 cars for Police service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday,  6 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>kasapafmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-06<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/62590602.295.jpg\" alt=\"Vehic\" title=\"Vehic\" width=\"295\" height=\"183\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Government has reduced the number of VIP vehicles ordered by the past administration from 43 to 34<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517955742_377_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The government has procured some 100 Toyota Corolla vehicles worth $8.8 million for the Ghana Police Service, according to Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid.<\/p>\n<p>This, he said was secured after reducing the number of VIP vehicles ordered by the Mahama administration from 43 to 34.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a Press conference on Tuesday, February 06, 2018, Mustapha Hamid said:\u201cWe have renegotiated the terms of the contract in the following manner; 1. We have reduced the number of vehicles ordered from 43 to 34, which is nine short of the original number.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn place of the nine, we have acquired 100 Toyota Corolla cars for use by the Police Service in line with our commitment to retool the Police Service to enable them play effectively, their role of protecting the Ghanaian people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have done all this with a total amount of 8.8 million United States Dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He indicated the decision is consistent with government\u2019s approach towards contracts that the current NPP administration took over from the former NDC government .<\/p>\n<p>In this regard, government renegotiated the terms to make them more favourable to the Ghanaian people, according.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 61 updated by: 61 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Tuesday, 6 February 2018 Source: kasapafmonline.com 2018-02-06 Government has reduced the number of VIP vehicles ordered by the past administration from 43 to 34 The government has procured some 100 Toyota Corolla vehicles worth $8.8 million for the Ghana Police Service, according to Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid. 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