Prez Mills to review measures to clamp down road accidents
Audrey Micah, Ghanadot

Accra, March 19, Ghanadot - President John Evans Atta Mills is scheduled to meet officials of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), the National Road Safety Commission and other major stakeholders in the transport sector to review measures to clamp down on the current spate of road accidents in the country.

Four separate road accidents have clamed about thirty lives and left several others in critical condition.

An accident on the Winneba road is reported to have claimed the lives of thirteen persons and recorded some 34 casualties with the number expecting to rise.

Reports from the Swedru area also indicate the loss of eight lives from a similar road accident.

A Tico vehicle is reported to have caused another accident in the Apegwa Afroso area when in an attempt to overtake an articulator truck loaded with chlorine sulphate, the Tico vehicle caused the truck to lose its cargo onto an oncoming Benz 207 with registration number GR 611 N resulting in the death of some eleven persons.

President John Mills has paid a visit to the accident victims admitted at the 37 Military hospital in the afternoon of March 19 to empathize with them.

Present on the tour were Hon. Mahama Ayariga, Presidential spokesperson and Health Minister, Dr. George Sippah Yankey.

Dr. George Sippah Yankey speaking to expressed his appreciation to the doctors and health personnel in the two hospitals for their dedication in the treatment of the accident victims.

According to the Director of Communications at the Presidency, Mr. Koku Anyidoho the meeting will discuss the most effective ways of dealing with carnage on Ghana’s roads.

He noted that the President is alarmed at the frequency of the road accidents in the country and noted that the President is determined to “tackle the problem head on”.

Mr. Anyidoho disclosed that the President’s meeting is intended to reiterate the point that his Presidency is not about “rhetoric” but action and added that the President will assess work done by the various stakeholders in the transport sector.

Micah Audrey