President John Dramani Mahama has fumed at widespread misinformation circulating on social media about the tricycles (Aboboyaa) being deployed under the Free Primary Healthcare initiative.
According to John Mahama, the tricycles being deployed under the Free Primary Healthcare initiative are not intended to function as ambulances.
He stressed that they are specifically designed to assist in the transportation of healthcare workers to remote and hard-to-reach areas to ensure better access to essential healthcare services.
Speaking at a sod-cutting ceremony on Saturday, President Mahama addressed the public misconceptions, saying, “Let me be clear: if you don’t understand something, ask, don’t jump to a conclusion. Those tricycles are not ambulances. Those tricycles are meant for the health worker and Health Volunteers to go fromm village from village for screening.
So, at the back of the tricycles, they have a compartment where they can keep vaccines cool”.
“So in the southern parts, where the health workers cannot ride motorcycles, they’ll be given tricycles to go from village to village to do their work,” he added.
Also, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) issued a press release on Saturday, April 18, 2026, categorically rejecting viral videos falsely portraying the tricycles as hospital ambulances.
The statement, signed by Director-General Dr Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, read, “These FPHC tricycles are not ambulances and have not been procured to be used as such. It needs to be emphasised that for some years now, the Service has had a record of successfully deploying such tricycles for outreach services”.
The clarification comes following the commotion on social media after netizens alleged that the tricycles would be used to transport patients.
One netizen on X highlighted that Aboboyaa as a primary healthcare provider is a Hell no!
He wrote, “Tricycle doesn’t fly, so how does it bypass those horrible roads? Over 69 years of independence, and Aboboyaa is a primary healthcare provider. Hell no!”.
Another X user added, “Zipline drones cancelled for this in big 2026. Oh God”
“I genuinely want to know which government official came up with this idea”, one X user added.
“This was discussed at cabinet meeting ooo 😂😂😭💔like all of them agreed to do this for us. Adeɛ yi ahye me.
Nyame nkoaa ne nokwafou”, a netizen added.
Also, another netizen on X slammed the John Mahama government for introducing an Aboboyaa as part of the vehicle being used under the Free Primary Health Care program.
According to the netizen identified as Gen Buhari, President Mahama’s son, when sick, will never use this Aboboyaa under his own father’s Free Primary Health Care because it’s not safe.
In a post shared on X, the netizen wrote, “Breaking News 🚨🚨
Sharaf Mahama, when SICK, would never use this Aboboyaa under his own father’s Free Primary Health Care because it’s not safe.
Sadly, this aboboyaa is meant for the poor Ghanaian Citizens”.
Meanwhile, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), has commended Ghana and the John Mahama government for launching its Free Primary Health Care (FPHC) initiative.
In a post shared on his X page on April 16, 2026, the WHO Director-General wrote, “I congratulate the President of #Ghana, @JDMahama, and Minister of @mohgovgh, @KMAkandoh, on the launch of the Free Primary Health Care (FPHC) initiative.
This important milestone brings Ghana closer to achieving Universal Health Coverage. Strong primary health care is essential to improving population health, enabling earlier detection, timely treatment, and more effective disease prevention”.
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President John Dramani Mahama has clarified that the tricycles distributed as part of the free primary healthcare initiative were not intended to function as ambulances.
— SIKAOFFICIAL🦍 (@SIKAOFFICIAL1) April 18, 2026
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