Nine hundred and twenty eight persons
lost their lives in motor accidents in the country between January and May, 2012
as against 165, in 2011, during the same period.
Assistant Superintendent of Police
(ASP) Alexander Kwaku Obeng , Head of Research, Education and Training of the Motor Traffic Transport Unit (MTTU), of
the Ghana police services disclosed this
at a two day training workshop
for drivers yesterday in Accra.
He said he was saddened about the
increase in road accidents in the country in spite of all the education and
efforts being put in place to address the situation.
ASP Obeng however, attributed the
high number of knocked down victims to failure of drivers to adhere to traffic
regulations such as 50 kilometers per hour in towns and villages.
He said the MTTU would continue to
educate drivers and have instituted a number of measures, including research on
road safety to check accidents, especially in accident prone areas in the country.
The two day training program was
organized by Grace Multimedia Services in conjunction with the Motor, Traffic
and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Services for drivers from
Superlock Technologies Limited (STL), an ICT services company in Accra.
The skills and safe driving program
was on the Theme: “Drive Safe, Alert today, Alive Tomorrow”
Speaking at the ceremony to open the two day
training programm, ASP Obeng said, despites the challenges the facing the MTTU,
the driver enhancement and skills oriented training was yielding positive
results as some of the accidents attributed human errors have significantly
reduced.
He therefore challenged the
participants to make good use of the opportunity offered and ensure that they
acquired the necessary skills and apply same on the road to reduce the number
of accident the country is witnessing in recent time.
ASP Obeng cautioned that any driver
found to have flouted traffic regulations which includes overtaking
unnecessarily or reckless driving after the training would have his certificate
or license invoked.
Miss Nana Yaa Konadu, the CEO of
Grace Multimedia Services said, the program was aimed at reducing the level of
illiteracy among drivers to make them aware of the importance of their work so
more live could be safe on the road.
According to her more such
programmes would be organized throughout the country in all the regions and the
districts capitals.
She said, the organization had
already organized similar programmes for driver in the corporate and the
commercial sector and would extend same to all drivers to reduce the carnages
on our roads.
Mr. Solomon Nii Lamptey, Transport
Manager of STL, said, the program was
timely because, the company uses much
resources in vehicles maintenance and believe at the end of the training the
drivers would have had acquired skills
that would help reduce some of the avoidable accidents involving vehicles.
He expressed the delight of the opportunity
given to the company and assured that management would ensure that, the drivers
comply with the regulations given to them during the training.
The participants numbering 40 were
drivers from the Superlock Technologies Limited in Accra.
Caption: ASP Alexander Obeng (3rd left), head of
Research, Education/ Training of MTTU in a group photo with the participants
and their organizers.
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