Support the families of the victims of an accident

Ms Felicia Adjei, KDC MP for South Kintampo, has called on the government to identify the families of the deceased victims of the recent accidents and help them ease their suffering.

She said the majority of those who died in accidents were badfeeding mothers who earned bread from their families and children.

In a statement about Kintampo's road carnage, the NDC MP said at home that 57 people were killed in this accident, 35 of which were burned, adding that the majority of them were children and mothers. badfeeding.

"Mr. President, a mbadive burial took place at the Jema cemetery for the bodies burned without any recognition in a very solemn environment with the badistance of the district badembly of Garu and Kintampo South", she said.

She described the incident as a national tragedy and urged the government to treat it as such by organizing memorial services across the country for the victims and stating a three-day national mourning.

The NDC MP suggested that the government and the relevant agencies take the necessary steps to limit the series of road accidents in the country.

She recounted that on Friday, March 22, 2019, the whole country was struck by the sad news of the tragic incident in the early hours of the morning, involving two buses, one from Garu, in the far east of the region, heading to Kumasi. the other heading towards Bolgatanga to Ampomakrom, in the district of Kintampo Sud.

In a statement of support, Kwame Agbodza, a member of the European Parliament and a member of the Roads and Transport Committee, said that the number of victims and the number of victims reached the threshold of the crisis.

He said that statistics from the Department of Traffic and Transport of the Ghana Police Department (MTTD) indicated that a total of 411 people had been killed and 2,048 injured in road accidents in Ghana between January and the end of the year. February.

The MP said Ghana needed to complement its traditional methods of managing and regulating road traffic with state-of-the-art road enforcement technologies, adding that road agencies also needed resources.

Speaker of Parliament

The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye, had previously said that Parliament was very concerned about all issues concerning Ghanaians.

Reacting to criticisms from some of the media and some social media about Parliament's refusal to mention the victims of the tragedy of the carnage that hit the nation, he explained that Parliament paid tribute to the victims of the New Zealand and not to those of the fatal accident. in Ghana because the MP charged to make the declaration was not at home.

Victims of an accident

When Parliament opened the procedure last Monday, there was no statement from Parliament on the road carnage of Kintampo and Ekumfi, which would have killed 68 victims, which attracted criticism of some media and social media.

However, at the beginning of the House proceedings, the Speaker stated that they had good reason not to pay tribute to the victims of the accident because at the time the member went to inspect the scene of the tragedy.

"Although Kintampo has two deputies – Kintampo North and South, the leadership of parliament had agreed that Mrs. Felicia Adjei was best placed for this statement," said Professor Oquaye.

Parliament observed Monday a minute of silence for the victims of two tragedies that have caught the attention of the world: the 50 Muslims killed in a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, and the victims of the cyclone in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and in Malawi, which killed more than 750 people.

Road carnage

However, at home, road carnage on the Kintampo-Techiman road in the Bono East area last Friday made at least 59 dead, while another road accident to Ekumfi in the Central region the same day left nine dead and nine dead.

Parliament then observed a minute of silence for the victims of the two carnivals in the country last Friday.