[ 2021-02-28 ]

Accidents on Accra-Kumasi road caused by Non-dualization of highway
Senior Vice President of policy think tank, Imani
Africa, Kofi Bentil has said that accidents and
associated deaths on the Accra-Kumasi highway have
to be blamed on corrupt leaders who have over the
years refused to dualise the road, explaining that
money was stolen and wasted through judgment debts
in Ghana each year could have been used for the
reconstruction of the road into two lanes.

The Accra-Kumasi road has become a spot for
countless road accidents usually involving
passenger buses that collide head on with other
vehicles. These accidents often result in the
death of many. The latest has been the death of 16
persons who were onboard a VIP Jeon bus that
collided head on with another vehicle.

For Mr Bentil, the dead have been killed by
corrupt leaders: “Money stolen and wasted on
judgment debts in Ghana each year can dualise
Accra-Kumasi road. Those who died on that road
were killed by corrupt leaders!” He lashed out.



His call for the reconstruction of the road from a
one-lane road to a two-lane road has been backed
by experts who say that dualised road lead to a
drastic reduction in road accidents, especially
head on collisions.

Judgment debts, which usually come about as a
result of the cancellation of contracts by
government it had entered into, keep recurring
even though they have Governments have repeated
made commitments to deal with them.

Source - MyNewsGh.com

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