The government has been criticised for allocating a small budget for road safety education in spite of the increased road carnage in the country.
Nana Annor Amihere, a road safety advocate said it was time the government took a bold step to tackle the increasing incidents of road accidents by allocating funds to the National Road Safety Commission to increase its campaign on road safety.
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The National Road Safety Commission is mandated to play the lead role in championing, promoting and coordinating road safety activities in Ghana.
The current administration’s three-pronged approach to dealing with accidents involves Education, Enforcement and Engineering.
The “education” approach plans to resource the National Road Safety Commission to scale up public education and sensitisation on road safety with an additional GHC 6.5 million from the Road Fund.
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However, on Adom FM’s morning show Dwaso Nsem Thursday, Nana Annor Amihere said the GH₵6.5 million was inadequate.
He revealed how the erstwhile Mahama administration committed a lot of resources to road safety campaign yet carnage on Ghana’s roads remained high, urging the Akufo-Addo government to double its efforts.
The immediate solution, Nana Annor Amihere who is also the Executive Director of Safety Ghana, said was for the Road Safety Commission to be resourced financially to increase awareness.
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Also, a tipper truck driver, Kwaku Baah blamed the lack of road markings for the increased accidents.
He explained that drivers don’t feel obliged to stop for pedestrians when there are no zebra crossings on the roads.
Mr Baah blamed the Ghana Highway Authority for the increased road accidents, adding that the menace will not reduce if they don’t enforce their laws.
