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The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bernard Antwi Bosiako aka Chairman Wontumi, has disclosed that the police are only interested in taking 10 and 20 Ghana cedis whilst on road checks duties.

According to him, instead of the police doing a proper check on vehicles, they end up taking monies from drivers with faulty vehicles.

Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' programme, he explained that this attitude of the police is a major contributing factor to the numerous road accidents the country is witnessing.

He said it is about time the police sit up and do what is expected of them and ensure that faulty and rickety vehicles are taken off the road.

He also challenged the Transport Minister to liaise with the Inspector General of Police and ensure that police personnel assigned on our roads ensure sanity and to maintain law and order.

"The NPP government has provided enough logistics to the police to ensure that they effectively dispense their duties," he added.

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34 people were confirmed dead after an Intercity bus with registration number GR 5704-18 collided head-on with another bus with registration number GN 3780-10 at Dompoase near Elmina in the Central Region.

According to the Public Relations Officer for the Ghana National Fire Service, Assistant Division Officer Abdul Wasil Hudu, the crash occurred when a vehicle moving from Accra towards Takoradi attempted to overtake a vehicle ahead in a sharp curve and collided with an oncoming vehicle en route to Accra from Takoradi.

He noted that the spot is notorious for road crashes due to the sharp nature of the curve and the failure of drivers to slow down and avoid overtaking there.