{"id":337223,"date":"2017-07-18T10:30:22","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T10:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=337223"},"modified":"2017-07-18T10:30:22","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T10:30:22","slug":"chinese-govt-to-give-ghana-navy-four-patrol-boats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/chinese-govt-to-give-ghana-navy-four-patrol-boats\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese gov\u2019t to give Ghana navy four patrol boats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese government is set to deliver 4 patrol boats to the Ghana Navy by the end of this month, July 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese have also pledged to provide military equipment to boost bilateral defense cooperation. This includes four vehicles mounted with machine guns, and a 120,000-round of amour.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;PLmBLZktNq1WXoHsVwZRcAuRFvDuBese&#8221;]This was announced by Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, who told <strong>Citi News<\/strong> that the patrol boats will help Ghana efficiently guard its coastline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest problem with us is that, the navy is down with boats so our coastline is not as rigorously guarded as we have wished especially the eastern sides. So we appealed to them and they decided to help us with boats. So they decided to fulfill that promise. When the Vice President went there, he reminded them about it. By this month, the patrol boats will be here and then they will be sending six people to train our navy on the usage of the patrol boats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese government has been heavily criticized by Ghanaians for supporting some government institutions in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana in June 2017, presented <a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/07\/chinese-embassy-donates-ghc10000-to-attorney-generals-office\/\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>GHc 10,000<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0and some office equipment to the Attorney General\u2019s office, to support an event.<\/p>\n<p>Some Chinese businessmen also donated the sum of <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/04\/ghc-50000-donation-wont-compromise-us-police-service\/\"><strong>GHc50, 000<\/strong><\/a><\/span> to the Ghana Police service<\/p>\n<p>Some Ghanaians claimed that the donations were a subtle by the Chinese to influence the Ghana government&#8217;s fight against illegal mining which some Chinese were heavily engaged in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Naa Kwaamah Siaw-Marfo\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese government is set to deliver 4 patrol boats to the Ghana Navy by the end of this month, July 2017. 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