Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed worry over the recent spate of road accidents that have claimed the lives of 60 people in a day.
While 57 lives perished in the Bono East Region, 9 others also lost their lives in the Central Region, with several other people sustaining various degrees of injuries.
Scores of passengers on two huge buses, one, a VVIP bus and the other, an old bus, perished in the ghastly head-on collision that happened on the Techiman-Kintampo road around 4 a.m. on Friday at Ampomakrom within the Pamdu Electoral Area of the Bono East Region.
The Central Region crash involved a Metro Mass Transit bus with registration number AS 2951 – 10, travelling from Accra to Diaso, and a Yutong bus with registration number GN 4368 – 14, travelling in the opposite direction.
Commenting on the development, Mr Mahama said on Facebook that it was “another sad day for our dear country”. In his opinion “our roads are becoming killing fields and road safety continues to be a major challenge”.
Mr Mahama subsequently called on authorities to institute the necessary measures in order to curb road accidents. He also expressed sympathy to the bereaved families and wished the wounded persons speedy recovery.
“My condolences and that of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) go to the families of the deceased persons. Our prayers are also with those injured and we beseech God to grant them a speedy recovery,” he said.
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Every major road in Ghana should be made double lanes on both sides. This situation of necessarily having to go into the opposing lane if you have to pass another vehicle is what is killing us. That situation is also the most deadly should a driver unexpectedly doze off behind the wheel. It most often sends him straight to the opposing lane..... we must also take our major roads out of the cities...... there must be a comprehensive look at of our roads and safety on our roads
John mahama behaves like a serial caller, was he in Ghana during his time when more than 70 people died in road accident along thd Kintampa stretch? he shouldn't come in with his ndc political high fever when Ghanaians are mourning over their deads, if he had done a good job probably that accident could have been avoided, today is not the first time Kintampo is experiencing an accident of this nature sometimes show a little bit maturity in your utterances ,you are making yourself too cheap undeserving of a former president of our country! being a former president all you could do to help yourself is your achievement if you have any,but not this cheap propaganda an SHS student contesting for a house prefect wouldn't do! Stop disgracing yourself to the Ghanaian people and international community for them to take you serious! ain't you ashamed calling international diplomats in Ghana and showing them those false videos couldn't have any impact on this government, the Spanish ambassador said she didn't think that could give Ghana the bad name you expected and behold her answer reflected big time on the bond the Finance minister and his team went for, that instead of $3 billion bond they got $21 billion triple what they needed but they insisted they needed only $3 billion papa nono ! ndc would have gotten the $21 billion and create loot and shared !