Tag Archives: ROAD

The Ashanti Region recorded 434 cases of road crash deaths and 3,110 injuries from January to October this year. The deaths and injuries were recorded from 2,688 crashes. Superintendent Emmanuel Adu Boahen, the Regional MTTD Commander, said the figure is low compared to road crashes that occurred within the same …

Residents of Dwenase in the Fanteakwa South District of the Eastern Region have threatened to boycott the upcoming December polls if nothing is done about the dusty state of their roads.   This follows the death of a 50-year-old man, who was ran over and killed by a rickshaw on …

The Minister for Roads and Highways, Hon Kwasi Amoako-Attah has indicated that the ruling New Patriotic Party under the leadership of President Nana Addo, has invested more into roads than the NDC administration. According to the sector minister who is also the Member of Parliament for Atiwa West constituency in …

Some road contractors owed by the government have accused the Roads Ministry of discrimination in debt payments since 2017. According to them, some of their colleagues were paid 20% of their monies, and even with that they, “they knew somebody in government”. Meanwhile, the Ghana Chamber of Construction Industry (GhCCI) …

There seem to be some growing concerns among drivers, both commercial and private, who ply the Kumawu road about the poor nature of roads. One of such people is the former Managing Director of Bulk Oil Storage and Transport(BOST) and Tema Oil Refinery(TOR), Kwame Awuah-Darko who used the road in …

Ghana has over the last couple of years lost almost 10% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) through road accidents, the Minister for Transport, Hon. Kwaku Ofori Asiamah has revealed. Statistics from the National Road Safety Authority indicate that road traffic accidents cost West African nation 1.6% of GDP annually …

Residents of Old Labour office in Koforidua were amazed when a road which has been abandoned for over-a-decade was suddenly fixed to welcome President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Prior to this development, several calls by residents to reconstruct that particular road fell on deaf ears. The then deplorable road which …

Some men and women of God were on Wednesday afternoon spotted at Kyekyewere on the Accra-Kumasi Highway praying fervently to God to avert accidents on that road. These men and women of God, said to be members of the Healing Mountain of God Ministry Church commuted along the Accra-Kumasi Highway …

Elders and residents of Tsopoli in the Ningo Prampram district are calling on the Inspector General of Police, for the immediate transfer of the district police commander, DSP Issah Mohammed Kantona together with some police personnel at the  District whose association with Land guards in the area they say is …

Residents and motorists at Santasi Apire of the Kumasi metropolis in the Ashanti Region have said they will not vote in the upcoming general elections if the government refuses to fix their roads before December 7. The residents made this known during a demonstration to draw the government’s attention to …