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  At least 26,621 lives were lost through road accidents from January 2000 to September 2013, while about 70, 000 people sustained various degrees of injury within the same period. According to statistics made available by the National Road Safety Commission, 20,503 lives were lost between January 2000 and December 2010 in road accidents that left 63,384 people injured. On monthly basis, an average of 170 people died and 500 sufferred injuries in the period of the 10years. Also, in the last two years, about 4,579 lives were lost as a result of road accidents, leaving  more than 6,000 people injured and causing some people permanent injuries. From January to September this year, 1,539 people had perished, while 9,741 others  were injured in 10,558 reported road crashes nationwide. The figures mean an average of 171 deaths occurred and 1,082 were injured in 1,113 crashes involving 1,084 vehicles monthly in the last nine months. “National disaster”  Speaking at the Greater Accra Regional Road Safety Commission Awards, the Executive Director of National Road Safety Commission, Mrs May Obiri–Yeboah, stated that the issue of road accidents had become a matter of health concern because it killed people even more than diseases. She said aside the victims, road accidents also caused trauma to the families and dependants of those who perished because most of the victims happened to be breadwinners. Mrs Obiri–Yeboah sressed on the the need for attitudinal change among drivers and all road users.  Traffic regulations For his part, the Greater Accra Regional Manager of NRSC, Mr Daniel H. Wuaku, described the rate of accidents as a “national disaster”, and asked those in the transport sub-sector to go the extra mile to protect the lives of the travelling public.  With a few days to Christmas, Mr Wuaku urged drivers to ensure that their vehicles were road worthy. Assistant Commissioner of Police, (ACP Retd), Victor Tandoh, who chaired the event, urged the authorities, to correct all road defects. He also encouraged passengers to be watchful and vigilant and alert drivers of their wrongful behaviours.  In a speech read on his behalf, the Regional Police Commander, DCOP Christian Tetteh Yohuno, said the police deployed more personnel on the highway, to ensure safety.  

  The Men’s Fellowship of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church has presented a large consignment of assorted food, drinkables and secondhand clothing to cured lepers at the Schooven Village in Ho. The food items comprised five bags each of beans, rice, gari, 15 crates of soft drinks, five cartons of key soap, five cartons of fish, five cartons of chicken and sugar.  Making the presentation, the national President of the Men’s Fellowship, Mr Charles Gunu, said the fellowship had identified special groups who deserved more love and compassion during the Christmas season, and that the inmates of the cured lepers home were one of the groups. He promised that the gesture would be extended to them every year and asked them to remain steadfast in the Lord and not to lose hope in life. The Director of the Cured Lepers Foundation, Mrs Joycelyn Akorfa Ochlich-Dotse, was grateful to the fellowship for the gesture. According to her, the Schooven Village had the largest concentration of cured lepers than any other leprosarium in the country, and, thus, needed more attention. She said there were 60 inmates and their 74 dependants, some of whom needed help to acquire basic tools to enable them to carry on with their trade.  

  A large quantity of substandard and counterfeit goods have been destroyed by the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) at the Dompoase landfill site in Kumasi. The confiscated products, which included 144 boxes of Gold Seal cigarettes and quantities of assorted drugs alleged to be substandard, were estimated at GHC773,382. Some of the products were also seized at the Parcel Office of the Ghana Post at Adum in Kumasi.  The exercise was supervised by officials of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), the Ghana Police Service, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA). Briefing  journalists before the goods were burnt, the Chief Revenue Officer of CEPS, Mr Stanley Essuman–Mensah, said some of the products were smuggled into the country through unapproved routes. Products Mr Essuman–Mensah said the cigarettes, which were counterfeit products, were not meant to be sold in the country, while the substandard drugs were believed to have been smuggled into the country through unapproved routes. He expressed grave concern over the use of unapproved routes to import products into the country, adding that such practices undermined effective revenue generation to support socio-economic development. Warning Mr Essuman–Mensah warned that products brought into the country through unapproved routes would be seized and, therefore, advised the business community not to engage in such practices.Rather, he advised the business community to acquire licences and secure the necessary permits before importing products for the local market. “Some products  imported into the country are also not allowed to be sold here. Therefore, it is important for importers to be mindful of such products to avoid a situation where their goods would be seized and destroyed” he warned.  

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