This part of the recommendation by the inter-ministerial committee set up by President Akufo-Addo last year to look into the increasing cases of carnages 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.
Executive Director of the Commission May Obiri-Yeboah told journalists Sunday her outfit has started implementing the recommendations.
“The Report recommended the following:
1) Transformation of the National Road Safety Commission to an Authority and budgetary support of ¢6.50 Million for the Commission to scale up public education/sensitization and training,
2) Request for approval of a proposal by the Ghana Police Service to enable the MTTD to:
a) Deploy Traffic Cameras Systems to detect and apprehend speed, red-light and related traffic offences, and
b) Remove disabled vehicles from the road,
3) Request for an amount of ¢1,05 billion for the road agencies, Ghana Highway Authority, Department of Urban Roads and Department of Feeder Roads to clear the backlog of road signs, road-line markings, traffic signal lights and crash barriers on the national road network,” she said.
Meanwhile, government reiterates commiserations to victims and families affected by the recent incidents of road carnage that have claimed close to 90 lives since on Friday.
President Nana Akufo-Addo speaking within hours of the incident on Friday morning, sympathised with the families and challenged the Police Council to regulate road traffic.
He also called for the speedy implementation of the recommendations of the inter-ministerial committee set up last year to propose ways to deal with carnage on our roads.
The Information minister confirmed that government has also undertaken to underwrite the treatment costs of the injured.
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