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Government will soon begin the distribution of 80 newly commissioned fire tenders imported for the services of the Ghana National Fire Service, the Minister for Interior, Mark Woyongo has said. Mr. Woyongo added that his ministry was eager to cover all districts with fire equipment and therefore noted that �it is expected that beneficiary districts would also put the requisite structures in place to facilitate the efficient functioning of the fire stations.� Responding to a question on the floor of Parliament yesterday, the Interior Minister further explained that they were also conscious of the need to maintain the new fire tenders, as well as existing ones. According to him, all the fire tenders brought into the country have spare parts for servicing adding that a team would also go round to service existing fire tenders across the country for effective and efficient service delivery. Answering another question on when Mamprugu Moaduri district will be provided with a police station, he stated that �with the creation of the new districts, the police administration requested the Ministry of Local Government to inform the District Chief Executives (DCEs) and Members of Parliament (MPs) to identify places and also provide infrastructure to enable the police service set up police stations in the newly created districts.� �As soon as the infrastructure is provided, the police administration would post personnel and provide logistics to man the police station in Mamprugu/Manduri district,� he added. The Minister added that the Northern Regional Police Commander was also tasked to follow up with the DCE of the Mamprugu Manduri district and the MP to assist with the provision of infrastructure to set up the police office in the district. He further told the House that the Ministry of Finance will reject any request to source for loan to put up the structures for the assemblies because there are pending requests at the ministry that have not yet been approved. The Minister also urged MPs and district assemblies to seek help from philanthropists within their jurisdiction and beyond for support to put up infrastructure for police personnel to be sent to the districts. Mr. Woyongo added that some assemblies were responding to the request positively and upon completion, personnel will be sent there.