200 Youth Trained As Road Safety Taskforce In Kumasi

The Road Safety Management Services Gh. Ltd (RSMSL) has successful trained 250 youth in Kumasi as Road Safety Management Task Force (RSMTF), a specialized unit instituted by the company to provide support for the Ghana Police Service in managing road traffic and accidents on our roads. In a colourful ceremony organized in Kumasi over the weekend, the trained personnel were inaugurated as the first batch of the new Road Safety Management Task Force which is intended to comprise of 3000 energetic youth selected across the various districts in the country to ensure safety and security on the roads. The RSMTF personnel were provided with uniforms, boots and protective gear, various types of traffic management and road maintenance equipment to aid them in their field of work. The task force will be mandated to engage in towing services management, accident scene management, traffic control and management, enforcement of some road traffic offences that often result into avoidable road accidents and neighborhood watch services. The event was attended by dignitaries including a delegation from the Ghana Police Service, the National Road Safety Commission with the mayor of Kumasi, Mr. Samuel Sarpong as the Special Guest of Honour. In his address, Mr. Sarpong expressed enthusiasm over Road Safety Management Services Limited�s initiative in collaborating with the Ghana Police Service to proactively train Road Safety Task Force to support the Police halt carnage being witnessed on our roads hence, the need to sharpen the skills of recruited personnel to carry out their mandate with a professional touch of class. He also stressed that stakeholders have endorsed a mandatory fee paying option for tow services.