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The Executive Chairman, JGC, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, urged the life guards to do their best to make water transport safer in the country.

He said his outfit will provide three speed boats to the Ghana Navy to help support the security agency in its naval operations.

He further he explained, the initiative had become necessary because of the challenges bedeviling transportation on the Volta Lake and other water bodies in the country.

"Transportation on the Volta Lake is plagued with challenges including lack of life jackets for commuters, overloading on boats, and lack of safety education on the lake," he bemoaned.

According to him, the project seeks to employ the youth from communities along the Volta Lake and equip them with basic skills in water survival and rescue operations to ensure safety of commuters on the lake.

"In addition, it helps to maintain cleanliness at the various landing sites, provide safety education to both boat operators and commuters, provide life jackets to commuters to protect them on the lake," he added.

Dr. Siaw Agyepong disclosed that the project covers 40 municipal district assemblies (MDAs).

For his part, the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Isaah Yakubu, commended Dr. Siaw Agyepong for his pledge to support the navy with speed boats.

He encouraged the life guards to always have the interest of the country first in the discharge of their duties.

Earlier, in a welcome address, the Flight Officer Commanding the Eastern Naval Command (ENC), Commodore Emmanuel Ayensu Kwafo, while commending the leadership of the Leadership Training School, ENC praised the trainees for their endurance.

He said the participants were trained in firefighting tactics, confidence jump and survival at sea, endurance on water to save lives and properties among others.

The objective of this training, he said, is to help avert accidents on the Volta Lake and other water bodies.

"This is not the first time Ecozoil is embarking on such a project. It happened some 10-11 years ago", adding that the Ghana Navy has also been supporting in saving lives on Ghana's water bodies," he indicated.