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General News of Sunday, March 24, 2019
Source: Myjoyonline.com
2019-03-24
Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah with NRSC President May Obiri-Yeboah
The government is devoting £ 1 billion to repair traffic lights, road signs and degraded marking marks to improve road safety.
This part of the recommendation of the interministerial committee set up last year by President Akufo-Addo is intended to examine the growing number of cases of carnage on the country's roads.
The committee also recommended that ¢ 6.5 million be allocated to the National Road Safety Commission for public education and training.
Commission Executive Director May Obiri-Yeboah told reporters that her team had begun to implement the recommendations.
"The report recommended the following:
1) Transformation of the National Road Safety Commission into a € 6.50 million authority and budget support for the Commission to intensify public education / awareness and training,
2) Request for approval of a proposal by the Ghana Police Service to allow the MTTD to:
(a) deploy traffic camera systems to detect and apprehend speed, red light and related traffic offenses, and
(b) Remove the vehicles that are out of service,
(3) Request of US $ 1.05 billion for road agencies, the Ghana Highway Authority, the Urban Roads Department and the Service Roads Department to eliminate the backlog of road signs, markings, traffic lights and guardrails on the national road network, "she said.
At the same time, the government reiterates its remorse for the victims and families affected by recent carnage incidents on roads that have killed nearly 90 people since Friday.
President Nana Akufo-Addo spoke a few hours after the incident Friday morning, sympathized with families and challenged the Police Council to regulate traffic.
He also called for the rapid implementation of the recommendations of the interdepartmental committee set up last year to propose ways to fight the carnage on our roads.
The Minister of Information confirmed that the government has also committed to cover the costs of treating the wounded.
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