• Login
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Yagbon Radio Online
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • General News
    • Community
    • Local
    • Security
    • Business
    • Education
    • Health
    • Water & Sanitation
    • Sports
    • Entertainment
    • Politics
  • Media
    • Podcast
    • Gallery
  • About us
  • contact
About Us
Contact Us
  • Home
  • News
    • General News
    • Community
    • Local
    • Security
    • Business
    • Education
    • Health
    • Water & Sanitation
    • Sports
    • Entertainment
    • Politics
  • Media
    • Podcast
    • Gallery
  • About us
  • contact
About Us
Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
Yagbon Radio Online
No Result
View All Result
Home General News

“Seal all potholes on the Sawla- Wa highway”, Deputy NDC Organizer urges authorities.

Chipo Kwaku by Chipo Kwaku
October 14, 2021
in General News
46 3
0

The deputy organizer of the National Democratic Congress for the Bole- Bamboi constituency of the Savannah region, Mr Gonsob Sansah Samuel, has urged authorities manning the Sawla- Wa highway to immediately take steps to repair the many pot holes that have developed on the road as it is one of the causative factors of accidents in the area.

According to the him, the terrible nature of the pothole ridden road have made it progressively more difficult to drive on the road.

Mr Gonsob comments comes on the heels of a startling revelation of
provisional data compiled by the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service (GPS) has revealed that the number of commuters killed in road traffic crashes for the first nine months of the year rose by 16.37% compared to same period last year.

It increased from 1,827 between January and September 2020 to 2,126 in the first nine months of this year.

The data shows that 1,751 males made up of 193 below the ages of 18 and 1,558 who are 18 years and above were killed.

Similarly, 375 females comprising 100 who are 18 years and below as well as 275 aged 18 years and above also died from crashes.

Out of the 2,126 killed in the first nine months of this year, 607 commuters representing 28.5% of all fatalities were as a result of pedestrian knockdowns.

In addition, 1,551 pedestrians were injured from knockdowns.

According to the data, 912 commuters representing 42.8% of all fatalities were killed by motorcycles.

Similarly, out of the 11,659 persons injured, motorcycles also injured 3,553, which represent 30.4% of all commuters injured during the nine months.

The police administration who disclosed the statistics said if stringent measures were not taken to abate the situation, it was expected that the worst would happen and that might affect efforts at reducing the carnage on the roads.

According to the data, the situation had not shown any chronological reduction over the years and it important that pragmatic efforts and measures needed to be put in place to stem the tide.

In a write up circulated on WhatsApp, Mr Gonsob stated that the road has become a hidden death trap claiming lives on daily basis.

He also attributed the rampant armed robbery cases on that stretch as being fueled by these potholes since robbers take advantages of areas where vehicles slow down to do their attacks.

Mr Gonsob called for a concerted effort among stakeholders to implement effective measure to curb the high incidence of road accidents on the road.

According to him the new DCEs should as a matter urgency, include fixing of potholes within their catchment districts in their action plans and that there should be a bye-law to be enforced by special agency like MTTU police or various tollbooths for maintenance of roads in the District.

“Communities living close to existing potholes like those between Sawla and Bodi, Kakiase and Deniyir, Mankuma and Gbogdaa, Kpakuduri and Dabuoyiri, Dabuoyiri and Doli should be made to use Communal labours to fix their areas. This can be enforced by chiefs, assemblymen and the unit committee members”, he stated.

Source: yagbonradioonline

SendShare22Tweet14
Chipo Kwaku

Chipo Kwaku

Related Posts

Development

June 22, 2025
Development

June 22, 2025
Featured

June 17, 2025
Development

June 15, 2025
Development

June 15, 2025
Disaster

June 11, 2025

Archives

Yagbon Radio Online

The first licensed private community radio station in the Bole District of the Savannah Region of Ghana. Established in October 2013 and operates on a 98.9MHz frequency with a coverage span of about 25 kilometers square radius.

Useful Pages

  • Homepage
  • Gallery
  • About us

News Links

  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Education
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Security
CONTACT LINES
Front Desk
+233541594018

Studio Line
+233506671911
+233243981912
Subscibe to News Letter
  • Privacy Policy
  • Login

© 2020 YagbonRadio | Powered by: VividDigital ™

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • General News
    • Community
    • Local
    • Security
    • Business
    • Education
    • Health
    • Water & Sanitation
    • Sports
    • Entertainment
    • Politics
  • Media
    • Podcast
    • Gallery
  • About us
  • contact

© 2020 YagbonRadio | Powered by: VividDigital ™

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Create New Account!

Fill the forms bellow to register

*By registering into our website, you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.
All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
Skip to toolbar
  • About WordPress
    • WordPress.org
    • Documentation
    • Learn WordPress
    • Support
    • Feedback
  • Log In