Tag: MTTD
The Known Murderer Who Can’t Be Arrested By the State
Road carnage which I have termed the “Known Murderer” has become an albatross around the necks of presidents, Prime Ministers, monarchs and decision makers...
Ghana looks up to media for violence-free election 2020 – Police Commander
Superintendent Stephen Tenkorang, the Bono Regional Commander of the Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) says the nation looks up to the media...
Commercial drivers seek Ashaiman NPP Parliamentary candidate’s help
Ashaiman commercial drivers have thronged the residence of Alhaji Labaran Yakubu, New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Ashaiman, seeking his intervention in...
First Deputy Speaker calls for more CCTV cameras to monitor road offences
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu, has asked for the installation of more closed circuit televisions on the nation’s roads, especially...
Accident claims one life at Dadwen
A fatal motor accident that occurred on the Tarkwa-Takoradi High in the Western Region has led to the death of a thirty-year-old small scale...
Follow instructions on newly opened Tema motorway interchange, MTTD
Motorists have been urged by the Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) to strictly follow instructions and signs to avoid missing their way and...
Two escape death at Akyempim
A 55 year-old taxi driver, Peter Asare and a passenger narrowly escaped death when the vehicle they were traveling in rammed into a container...
Mechanic Apprentice crashed to death at Akyempim
A 24-year-old mechanic apprentice was confirmed dead in a motorbike accident that occurred at Akyempim in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality.
The body of the deceased had...
Police Officer Donates TV to Trauma Unit at TTH
The Northern Regional Motor Traffic and Transport Division (MTTD) commander, Chief Superintendent of Police, Mr Muchiraru Yahaya has presented a Television set to...
NRSA offered free training for high risk drivers at Nkawkaw
The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has offered a day's training for over 100 high risked drivers at Nkawkaw in the Kwahu West...
Farmer, 40 killed in motorbike accident at Damang
Kwadwo Sarkodie 40-year-old farmer, has been killed in a motor accident on the Huni-Valley Damang road.
The deceased and his colleague Kwadwo Grumah who was...
NRSA trains drivers at Nkawkaw
The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has held a day's refresher training for over 100 high risked drivers at Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region...
Campaign against road accidents is a collective responsibility – MTTD
Police Superintendent Stephen S. Tenkorang, the Bono Regional Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) Commander on Tuesday reiterated that...
Twenty-two-year-old apprentice killed by taxi cab
A twenty-two-year-old apprentice met his untimely death, when a Toyota Corolla taxi cab with registration number WR 2343-18 crashed him at Akoon in the...
38 year-old arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol
A thirty-eight-year-old driver, Emmanuel Egoe, who was caught driving under the influence of alcohol and with expired vehicle documents expired has been arrested by...
MTTD cautions riders
The Bono Regional Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) has cautioned motorbike riders to desist from conveying pupils to and from school without...
Tarkwa-Nsuaem MTTD convicts 95 people for road traffic offences
The Tarkwa-Nsuaem Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service in 2019 prosecuted ninety-five motorists for various road traffic offences.
The total...
Jekora commended for initiative to ensure cleanliness at Tudu
Mr Bernard Mats Yingura, the Coordinating Director of the Korley Klottey Municipal Assembly, has commended Jekora Ventures Limited, a waste management company, for an...
Upper East records zero road crashes during Christmas festivities
The Upper East Region has recorded zero road crashes during the Christmas and New Year celebrations, Superintended Williams Kpormegbe, the Regional Commander, Motor Traffic...
Upper West records marginal increase in accident deaths
The total number of persons killed in various car accidents in the Upper West Region have increased marginally from 57 deaths in 2018 to...
AMA and BIGRS move to reduce road traffic injuries
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) in collaboration with Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) has engaged stakeholders to commence the message testing...
Government fixed deadline for all commercial vehicles to have emergency exits
The Government, through the Ministry of Transport, said it would give commercial vehicle operators a deadline to secure emergency exit doors on their vehicles...
Bloodbath on Ghana’s Roads Means Nothing to Us Now
The fear that made us cringed at the sight of blood is being buried by history. The recurrence of blood spillage on our roads...
Oppong Nkrumah Says Government is Committed to Reducing Road Accidents
Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Information Minister, says it is Government’s major priority to reduce the carnage on the roads through reviewing the road...
GHA, MTTD Remove Commercial Vehicles from Tema Motorway
The Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) in collaboration with the Airport Division of the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) has evicted taxi drivers using...
Commercial drivers in Tema West Advised to Join Unions
Commercial drivers operating in the Tema West Municipality have been urged to join any of the transport unions instead of operating on “floating” basis.
Mrs...
Ghana’s IGP Honoured With The Faithful Servants Awards
The Faithful Servants Awards, a project initiated in the United States to honour great police officers for their honesty and integrity, has honoured Mr...
The Police Officer Has One Life So Just Be Careful On The Road
The sudden and unfortunate death of Const. Emmanuel Lamptey at Afienya Snap Checkpoint within the week reminds me of how I have personally come...
Wa: GPRTU Organises Massive Crime and Passenger Education
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (G.P.R.T.U) in partnership with Ghana Police Service in Upper West Region has organised security sensitisation for drivers and...
Ghana records 592 road accident deaths in three months
A total of 592 people died in 3,193 road accidents across Ghana in the first quarter of 2018, according to data released here on...