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General News of Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Source: X Y Z
2019-03-26
Kwame Governs Agbodza, Member of the Parliament's Committee on Roads and Transport
A member of the Parliament's Roads and Transport Committee, the Parliament's government, Akufo-Addo, has put together a "detailed" report last year to determine the causes of road accidents. .
Kwame Governs Agbodza spoke to Ete Sen on Radio XYZ following a public outcry on Friday afternoon for two bloody accidents that killed 90 people on the Techiman-Kintampo, Cape-Coast and Nsawam Kumasi roads during last four days. .
The frontal collision on the Kintampo road left about 65 dead and dozens wounded.
Agbodza told facilitator Kwame Minkah that road accidents had become too important for the commission report to become a necessity as the country is concerned about the need to limit accidents on the country's motorways. .
In a statement signed by Perry Okudzeto, then Deputy Minister of Information, on April 16, 1818, the President, after receiving and reviewing the report of the three-member committee, granted an "Executive Approval for its implementation." immediate implementation ".
The committee, composed of representatives of the Ministries of the Interior, Transport, Roads and Roads, following the directive of President Akufo-Addo, identified indiscipline as the main factor contributing to the multiplication of road accidents. the road.
The committee allegedly failed to respect the rules of the road and to regulate speed of travel, overtaking, driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, long periods of driving, non-compliance with the Highway Code by motorists, including the non-use of the helmet.
But Agbodza believes that the aforementioned report could contain other elements that will help the country fight against carnage.
"We need to get the report and see the details … Show us the expected results … show us the expected result," he said in urging the government to make the full report available to the Roads and transport of Parliament.
When asked what his next line of action would be, the member for Adaklu said, "We [Minority] will continue to pressure the government to make it available to help find lasting solutions to road accidents.
He further instructed safety agencies responsible for road safety such as the MTTD to ensure that traffic violators are severely punished to deter other motorists.
"Let the laws work. Apply the laws, "he added, while lamenting the reluctance of security officials to prosecute road users who violate traffic rules on our roads.
National Road Safety Commission
Meanwhile, the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), responsible for ensuring compliance with road safety regulations, said that an upgrade to the authority statute would help reduce the number of road carnages.
The NRS has therefore asked the government to speed up the processes to give it the status of Authority to limit accidents on the roads of the country.
According to Kwame Kodua Atuahene, NRSC's communications officer, who spoke to Accra-based Citi FM, said that when his status pbades to the authority, he would be able to remedy the non-compliance with the rules. road safety standards. .
However, Mr. Agbodza said that while NRTD is moving to improve this status, the MTTD must also enforce existing laws to reduce the number of road accidents in the country.
"We only need law enforcement and [NRSC] get resources to work, "said the MP to Kwame Minkah.
Meanwhile, NRSC has announced that it is taking steps to implement road regulations that would require all commercial vehicles operating in the country to be equipped with speed limiters.
The Executive Director of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), May Obiri-Yeboah, said at a press conference that her organization was planning to hold a discussion on the regulation on road safety devices. as part of the measures taken to stop the ice breakup. accidents.
It also revealed that the NRSC had received 6.50 million cedis from the Ghana Road Fund, which the Commission had been using since December 2018 to implement part of its action plan and comprehensive training on road safety. .
Obiri-Yeboah went on to say that her team has trained and deployed 300 graduates across Ghana to train drivers, motorcyclists and other road users at 51 strategic locations along the country's main highways.
Truck terminals, toll terminals, schools, markets and public places within communities are, as some of the places, she says, graduates taking their training daily.
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