By Ogochukwu Anioke, Abakaliki
Ebonyi state government says plans are underway to begin the production of ventilators and electric tricycles that will be used to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the state.
It said that when produced, the ventilators will be deployed to the state’s isolation centres while the tricycles will be deployed to ease transport challenges in the state following the ban on commercial motorcycles.
Special Assistant to Governor David Umahi on Vocational college, Adaeze Nwaji stated when a group, the Recheal Umahi Women against COVID-19′ paid a visit to the College located at the Centenary City, Abakaliki, the state capital.
She said the decision to commence the production of ventilators in the state was to avert delay in the tackling of the spread of COVID-19.
Nwaji noted that the governor has directed the department of Automobile and foundry of the college to do everything possible to ensure that such plans is actualised within the shortest period.
She said: “Ebonyi vocational college can produce Ventilators. Producing ventilators is not impossible. We keep trying until we get it right. We have already started doing it as you can see.”
Nwaji further stated that the college equally has started producing thousands of electric tricycles to cushion the effect of lack of transportation in the state, especially in the face of the ban on the operation of Okada riders.
She said: “We are at the verge of producing the first electric tricycle. We want to stop importing. If you walk down to Automobile workshop, you see our workers are working tirelessly to ensure this is achieved.
“The last time, the governor visited the college; he said that if China can produce electric tricycle and ventilators, then the college can as well produce it.
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“Most of the things we do, are being supported by the governor. We want to raise people that will become employers of labour.”
The college, however, donated over four thousand (4000) face masks, sanitizers and other products to assist the governor’s wife, Rachael Umahi in her campaign against the spread of COVID-19 in the state.
Earlier, Dr. Ngozi Obichukwu, who is a leader of the group, applauded the efforts of the college to support the campaign against the spread of COVID-19.
“Through the college, some of the hazards of not wearing face masks is over. They have been producing the face masks and sharing to our women. This has helped our women, especially in preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the state,” she stated.
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