KASSENA-NANKANA WEST DISTRICT ROAD SAFETY COMMITTEE INAUGURATED 30th JANUARY, 2024
A district road safety committee has been inaugurated for the Kassena-Nankana West District in the Upper East Region with the mandate to help ensure safety on Ghana’s roads in that part of the country; whilst reducing road accidents to the least minimum. C'TTEE Members In a Group Picture With DCE & DCD The inauguration follows a directive from the Local Government Ministry from December 2023 which falls directly in tandem with section 12 (5) and 29 of the National Road Safety Act, 2019 (Act 996) and Regulation 63 of the National Road Safety Regulations 2022 (LI2468). The District Chief Executive [DCE] for the district, Hon. Gerard Ataogye in his inaugural address said the rate at which lives were being lost to road accidents is alarming and must not be allowed to continue. He said the time had arrived for all stakeholders to come on board to fashion out the most effective way forward in curtailing the canker, if not completely eradicating it. Hon. Ataogye charged members