Pg 33 (Business) Wed. May 21/08
Story Rebecca Quaicoe Duho
ECOBANK Transnational Incorporated (ETI) is positioning itself to play a lead role in the economic development of the African continent, Mr Arnold Ekpe, the Chief Executive Officer of the pan-African bank, has stated.
He said the bank represented the future of the continent and, therefore, it had a duty to fulfil.
Mr Ekpe was speaking at a non deal road show and Facts Behind the Figures organised by the Ghana Stock Exchange in Accra yesterday to give detailed operational performance of the bank to the investing public.
The ETI is listed on three stock exchanges — the Ghana Stock Exchange, the Nigeria Stock Exchange and the Cote d’Ivoire Stock Exchange — and it has operations in 22 countries across the continent.
The pan-African bank has the dual mission to build a world-class African bank and to contribute to the economic and financial development of the African continent.
The non deal road show was aimed at alerting the investing public to the intention to raise $3 billion through the capital market to grow the bank’s books and improve the capital base of its 22 subsidiaries across the African continent.
Speaking at the annual general meeting in Accra last Friday, the Board Chairman of the bank, Mr Mande Sidibe, said the proposed additional capital was in line with its growth strategy and said the rights issue was also to ensure the active trading of the shares of the company and make it more liquid and accessible to the ordinary African shareholder.
Giving the financial performance of the bank over the 2007 year, Mr Sidibe stated that the year under review saw the bank recording an impressive financial performance.
He said profit after tax increased by 61 per cent to $139 million from the $86.4 million recorded in 2006, while total assets grew by 87 per cent to $6.6 billion from the previous year’s $3.5 billion
Mr Sidibe also stated that revenues increased by 56 per cent to $544 from $348 million in 2006.
“Our performance in 2007 continued the positive trend of the previous year,” he stated, adding that “in spite of the significant investments in growth, we were able to maintain our return on equity at 24 per cent”.
The board chairman said 2007 was a year of transformation for the bank as the group reached new levels and the bank successfully positioned the group as the leading pan-African group with an unparalleled reach and a unique operating platform.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Company develops new refuse dump site
Pg 29. May 19/08
Story: Rebecca Quaicoe Duho
A private waste management firm, Yufuru Waste, is in the process of converting a 10-acre old quarry site at Kwashie-Bu, a suburb of Accra, into a refuse dumping site.
The site will be opened up to other waste management contractors in the city who would be required to dump their waste for a fee.
The General Manager of Yufuru Waste, Mr Evan Atta, told the Daily Graphic on Wednesday that his company had entered into an agreement with the owners of the land to refill the old quarry with waste.
He said the company decided to allow other private waste collectors to also dump their waste at the site because his company alone would not be able to refill the land within the shortest possible time.
Aside the financial benefits of the project, the dump site will provide relief to other private waste collectors in the capital who are finding it difficult to dump their waste at the Oblogo Landfill Site, which is almost full.
Due to the nuisance created by the Oblogo dumping site, residents frustrate efforts of waste management contractors, preventing them from dumping at the site.
It was, however, observed at the site that people have built their homes a few metres away from the site and some are even situated within the valley where the refill exercise was taking place.
Mr Atta said the company was levelling part of the land where it had refilled to make way for new waste, adding that the company was going to fence the whole area for proper management of the waste.
He said the company had been working at the site for the past nine years but had not been able to refill a quarter of the quarry and therefore took the decision to bring in other waste management contractors to help in the refill exercise.
Some residents who spoke to the Daily Graphic said refilling the site was necessary, as, according to them, it was a ‘death trap’, mentioning that a middle-age man who stood close to the edges to attend to natures call fell into the valley and died two months ago.
They, however, expressed concern about the scent that emanate from the dumping ground, especially when it rained, and said something needed to be done about it.
Story: Rebecca Quaicoe Duho
A private waste management firm, Yufuru Waste, is in the process of converting a 10-acre old quarry site at Kwashie-Bu, a suburb of Accra, into a refuse dumping site.
The site will be opened up to other waste management contractors in the city who would be required to dump their waste for a fee.
The General Manager of Yufuru Waste, Mr Evan Atta, told the Daily Graphic on Wednesday that his company had entered into an agreement with the owners of the land to refill the old quarry with waste.
He said the company decided to allow other private waste collectors to also dump their waste at the site because his company alone would not be able to refill the land within the shortest possible time.
Aside the financial benefits of the project, the dump site will provide relief to other private waste collectors in the capital who are finding it difficult to dump their waste at the Oblogo Landfill Site, which is almost full.
Due to the nuisance created by the Oblogo dumping site, residents frustrate efforts of waste management contractors, preventing them from dumping at the site.
It was, however, observed at the site that people have built their homes a few metres away from the site and some are even situated within the valley where the refill exercise was taking place.
Mr Atta said the company was levelling part of the land where it had refilled to make way for new waste, adding that the company was going to fence the whole area for proper management of the waste.
He said the company had been working at the site for the past nine years but had not been able to refill a quarter of the quarry and therefore took the decision to bring in other waste management contractors to help in the refill exercise.
Some residents who spoke to the Daily Graphic said refilling the site was necessary, as, according to them, it was a ‘death trap’, mentioning that a middle-age man who stood close to the edges to attend to natures call fell into the valley and died two months ago.
They, however, expressed concern about the scent that emanate from the dumping ground, especially when it rained, and said something needed to be done about it.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Govt inaction cause of floods
Pg. 29 (metro) Friday May 16/08
Story Rebecca Quaicoe Duho
RESIDENTS in some flood-prone areas in Accra have expressed misgivings at the government’s inaction to expand water courses in their communities to avoid flooding.
According to the residents, mostly in Kwashie-Bu and Old Fadama, buildings have been constructed on most of the water courses by individuals and some estate developers, thereby forcing into their homes water which would have conveniently passed through the water courses.
The residents told the Daily Graphic that last year, after a major flooding due to a heavy downpour which caused a major havoc to people’s homes and also resulted in a number of deaths, government officials, including the Vice President, Alhaji Aliu Mahama, visited some affected areas in Kwashie-Bu, where they assured the residents that the problem would be solved through the expansion of the Lafa river by demolishing structures which were situated in the water courses.
However, the conditions that caused last year’s flooding in the two communities still persist, despite the onset of this year’s rains.
A resident at Kwashie-Bu, Alhaji Razak Lawal, said nothing had been done to ease their plight since last year’s disaster and said residents were living in fear that this year a similar situation could happen, since the structures which caused the flooding were still in the water courses.
According to Alhaji Lawal, the Lafa river, which runs from Aburi and passes through the Kwashie-Bu community, normally overflows its banks because people have encroached on it by building their houses close to it, thereby preventing it from having a free flow whenever there is a heavy downpour and over-flow.
He said he had personally written letters to petition officials, including the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Shiek I. C. Quaye, the Member of Parliament for the area, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchway and the District Chief Executive for Ga West, Mr Brosby Quartey-Papafio, but all to no avail.
He said although residents in the area paid property rate to the Assembly, they did not have amenities such as good access roads, gutters or drains, making life difficult for them.
Within the same suburb, some residents were seen busily clearing silt from gutters around their homes, while others were re-inforcing their walls to prevent them from collapsing.
At Old Fadama, residents had similar complaints that after last year’s havoc, which caused the death of one person, nothing had been done to avert similar situations in the area this year.
The most affected area at Old Fadama is the Number 20 Binaba Lane, where residents live close to a big drain that runs through the community to Tesano. Whenever the drain gets full during a heavy downpour, the area gets flooded.
Three Zoomlion Waste Management workers who were spotted working in the area complained about the heaps of debris that collect on the streets after any rainfall. They said they reported for work on Wednesday morning only to see heaps of debris, which have been washed onto the streets from the drain after Wednesday night rain.
They complained that people within the community had been dumping their refuse in the drain and this, according to them, was one of the major causes of the perennial flooding in the area.
Story Rebecca Quaicoe Duho
RESIDENTS in some flood-prone areas in Accra have expressed misgivings at the government’s inaction to expand water courses in their communities to avoid flooding.
According to the residents, mostly in Kwashie-Bu and Old Fadama, buildings have been constructed on most of the water courses by individuals and some estate developers, thereby forcing into their homes water which would have conveniently passed through the water courses.
The residents told the Daily Graphic that last year, after a major flooding due to a heavy downpour which caused a major havoc to people’s homes and also resulted in a number of deaths, government officials, including the Vice President, Alhaji Aliu Mahama, visited some affected areas in Kwashie-Bu, where they assured the residents that the problem would be solved through the expansion of the Lafa river by demolishing structures which were situated in the water courses.
However, the conditions that caused last year’s flooding in the two communities still persist, despite the onset of this year’s rains.
A resident at Kwashie-Bu, Alhaji Razak Lawal, said nothing had been done to ease their plight since last year’s disaster and said residents were living in fear that this year a similar situation could happen, since the structures which caused the flooding were still in the water courses.
According to Alhaji Lawal, the Lafa river, which runs from Aburi and passes through the Kwashie-Bu community, normally overflows its banks because people have encroached on it by building their houses close to it, thereby preventing it from having a free flow whenever there is a heavy downpour and over-flow.
He said he had personally written letters to petition officials, including the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Shiek I. C. Quaye, the Member of Parliament for the area, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchway and the District Chief Executive for Ga West, Mr Brosby Quartey-Papafio, but all to no avail.
He said although residents in the area paid property rate to the Assembly, they did not have amenities such as good access roads, gutters or drains, making life difficult for them.
Within the same suburb, some residents were seen busily clearing silt from gutters around their homes, while others were re-inforcing their walls to prevent them from collapsing.
At Old Fadama, residents had similar complaints that after last year’s havoc, which caused the death of one person, nothing had been done to avert similar situations in the area this year.
The most affected area at Old Fadama is the Number 20 Binaba Lane, where residents live close to a big drain that runs through the community to Tesano. Whenever the drain gets full during a heavy downpour, the area gets flooded.
Three Zoomlion Waste Management workers who were spotted working in the area complained about the heaps of debris that collect on the streets after any rainfall. They said they reported for work on Wednesday morning only to see heaps of debris, which have been washed onto the streets from the drain after Wednesday night rain.
They complained that people within the community had been dumping their refuse in the drain and this, according to them, was one of the major causes of the perennial flooding in the area.
2 Ghanaian journalists nominated for CNN-Multichoice award
Spread Friday May 16/08
Story: Rebecca Quaicoe Duho
TWO Ghanaian Journalists, Messrs Daniel Nkrumah from the Daily Graphic and Israel Laryea with Joy FM, have been nominated as finalists in the 13th CNN Multichoice African Journalists Award 2008.
The two are among 21 others who will be competing in Tourism, Economics and Business; Environment, Health and Medical; HIV and AIDS reporting; and Features, Photographic and Current Affairs, for the ultimate award, as well as 18 others.
The finalists will be given their awards at a ceremony to be held in Accra, Ghana on July 19, 2008.
Each award winner in all the categories will be presented with a laptop and accessories and cash prize while the overall best winner will receive an additional cash prize and participate in the CNN Journalism Fellowship in the CNN Centre in Atlanta, USA.
In all a total of 1,912 entries were received from 44 countries throughout the continent and the Chief Executive Officer of Global Media Alliance, Mr Edward Boateng, who announced the names of the nominees at a ceremony in Accra yesterday, said the entry was so far the highest since the award was instituted 13 years ago.
According to Mr Boateng, who is also the CNN representative in Ghana, the two journalists were among 53 others from Ghana who submitted their stories for the competition. He praised the Ghanaian media for showing such high interest in the awards.
The other 21 finalists are from Nigeria, with four nominees; Uganda, 2; South Africa, 3; Zambia, 1; Namibia, 1; Mozambique, 1; Tanzania, 2; Kenya, 2; Burkina Faso, 1; Cameroun, 1; Algeria, 1; Zimbabwe, 1; and Eritrea 1.
Story: Rebecca Quaicoe Duho
TWO Ghanaian Journalists, Messrs Daniel Nkrumah from the Daily Graphic and Israel Laryea with Joy FM, have been nominated as finalists in the 13th CNN Multichoice African Journalists Award 2008.
The two are among 21 others who will be competing in Tourism, Economics and Business; Environment, Health and Medical; HIV and AIDS reporting; and Features, Photographic and Current Affairs, for the ultimate award, as well as 18 others.
The finalists will be given their awards at a ceremony to be held in Accra, Ghana on July 19, 2008.
Each award winner in all the categories will be presented with a laptop and accessories and cash prize while the overall best winner will receive an additional cash prize and participate in the CNN Journalism Fellowship in the CNN Centre in Atlanta, USA.
In all a total of 1,912 entries were received from 44 countries throughout the continent and the Chief Executive Officer of Global Media Alliance, Mr Edward Boateng, who announced the names of the nominees at a ceremony in Accra yesterday, said the entry was so far the highest since the award was instituted 13 years ago.
According to Mr Boateng, who is also the CNN representative in Ghana, the two journalists were among 53 others from Ghana who submitted their stories for the competition. He praised the Ghanaian media for showing such high interest in the awards.
The other 21 finalists are from Nigeria, with four nominees; Uganda, 2; South Africa, 3; Zambia, 1; Namibia, 1; Mozambique, 1; Tanzania, 2; Kenya, 2; Burkina Faso, 1; Cameroun, 1; Algeria, 1; Zimbabwe, 1; and Eritrea 1.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Prez urges teachers not to quit jobs after training
Spread lead, Wed. May 14/08
Story Rebecca Quaicoe Duho
THE President, John Agyekum Kufuor, has stated that it is unethical for teachers to immediately leave the profession after they have been sponsored by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to upgrade themselves.
“When the GES sponsors your education, it is unethical for you to leave the profession when you have not sufficiently given back what is expected of you,” he stated.
The President said this in a speech read on his behalf by the Chairman of the Board of Trustee of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), Professor Yaw Safo Boafo, at the launch of the Golden Jubilee celebration of the Ghana Association of French Teachers (GAFT) in Accra yesterday.
“If you quit after your sponsored higher education, the projections and the entire policy direction of the service are seriously disturbed, if not thrown of gear,” he further said.
President Kufuor noted, however, that the fundamental cause of the problem had been identified as the unfavourable service conditions and gave the assurance that the government was seriously considering a revision of public sector salaries in the country.
He said the government had also specially targeted students of the French language in a special government project through the GETFund and this he said was aimed at giving Ghanaian students of French the opportunity to spend a part of their long vacation in France and other French-speaking countries.
The President said, “The State has no illusions whatsoever about the importance of French language as a tool of communication and its overall benefits to Ghana’s external relations in the political, economic and socio-cultural spheres.”
He said, “At a time when we, as a nation, are actively exploring bilateral relations with the international community as an important element in the development of Ghana, I would like to re-emphasise here that the education that produces the right kind of human resource base of any country, should attract the appropriate dose of attention by government and other interested groups.”
He assured members of the association of the government’s preparedness to help, in whatever form, to promote the teaching and learning of French in the country and called on stakeholders to also play their roles efficiently in promoting French as a course of study.
The Ambassador of France to Ghana, Mr Pierre Jacquemot, in an address, said the geographical location of Ghana made it imperative for it to strive to maintain its key position in the sub-region.
He said the country must be capable of providing its citizens the tools that would facilitate their communication with their neighbours, whether commercial, political or institutional.
He assured the association of the French government’s continuous support towards the development of quality teaching of French by various means and also help them upgrade themselves.
A Minister of State at the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports, Ms Elizabeth Ohene, said the government had signed an agreement with the French government to provide more teaching and learning materials to facilitate the teaching and learning of French in schools.
According to her, although the teaching and learning of French was supposed to be compulsory under the new educational reform, it had been made an optional subject due to the lack of French teachers.
She said the government had therefore employed strategies such as the creation of centres for the teaching and learning of French in the regional capitals and the empowering of three teacher training colleges to train teachers of French.
The President of GAFT, Mr Evan Kokroko, in his address, called on private schools to ensure that they employed qualified teachers of French, saying that due to the lack of teachers in the country many French-speaking and unqualified persons from neighbouring countries had infiltrated the educational system, a situation, which, he said, was not healthy for the country’s development.
Story Rebecca Quaicoe Duho
THE President, John Agyekum Kufuor, has stated that it is unethical for teachers to immediately leave the profession after they have been sponsored by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to upgrade themselves.
“When the GES sponsors your education, it is unethical for you to leave the profession when you have not sufficiently given back what is expected of you,” he stated.
The President said this in a speech read on his behalf by the Chairman of the Board of Trustee of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund), Professor Yaw Safo Boafo, at the launch of the Golden Jubilee celebration of the Ghana Association of French Teachers (GAFT) in Accra yesterday.
“If you quit after your sponsored higher education, the projections and the entire policy direction of the service are seriously disturbed, if not thrown of gear,” he further said.
President Kufuor noted, however, that the fundamental cause of the problem had been identified as the unfavourable service conditions and gave the assurance that the government was seriously considering a revision of public sector salaries in the country.
He said the government had also specially targeted students of the French language in a special government project through the GETFund and this he said was aimed at giving Ghanaian students of French the opportunity to spend a part of their long vacation in France and other French-speaking countries.
The President said, “The State has no illusions whatsoever about the importance of French language as a tool of communication and its overall benefits to Ghana’s external relations in the political, economic and socio-cultural spheres.”
He said, “At a time when we, as a nation, are actively exploring bilateral relations with the international community as an important element in the development of Ghana, I would like to re-emphasise here that the education that produces the right kind of human resource base of any country, should attract the appropriate dose of attention by government and other interested groups.”
He assured members of the association of the government’s preparedness to help, in whatever form, to promote the teaching and learning of French in the country and called on stakeholders to also play their roles efficiently in promoting French as a course of study.
The Ambassador of France to Ghana, Mr Pierre Jacquemot, in an address, said the geographical location of Ghana made it imperative for it to strive to maintain its key position in the sub-region.
He said the country must be capable of providing its citizens the tools that would facilitate their communication with their neighbours, whether commercial, political or institutional.
He assured the association of the French government’s continuous support towards the development of quality teaching of French by various means and also help them upgrade themselves.
A Minister of State at the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports, Ms Elizabeth Ohene, said the government had signed an agreement with the French government to provide more teaching and learning materials to facilitate the teaching and learning of French in schools.
According to her, although the teaching and learning of French was supposed to be compulsory under the new educational reform, it had been made an optional subject due to the lack of French teachers.
She said the government had therefore employed strategies such as the creation of centres for the teaching and learning of French in the regional capitals and the empowering of three teacher training colleges to train teachers of French.
The President of GAFT, Mr Evan Kokroko, in his address, called on private schools to ensure that they employed qualified teachers of French, saying that due to the lack of teachers in the country many French-speaking and unqualified persons from neighbouring countries had infiltrated the educational system, a situation, which, he said, was not healthy for the country’s development.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Council launches five-year strategic plan
Pg 3. Sat. May 10/08
Story Rebecca Quaicoe Duho & Kimberley Robertson
THE Nurses and Midwives Council (NMC) of Ghana has launched a five-year Strategic Plan aimed at propelling the health care sector to an international standard by 2012.
The strategic plan, which comes after 36 years of the council’s existence, is aimed at changing the image of the two professions and providing a more nurturing health care to the general public.
Launched in Accra yesterday, the plan has a vision to create a “globally acclaimed nursing and midwifery regulatory body of national pride”.
The Director of Human Resources for Health Development at the Ministry of Health, Dr Ebenezer Appiah Dankyirah, said human resource development was vital in improving health care in the country.
He therefore commended the council for developing the five-year plan, saying that “we cannot train people and not regulate them”.
Dr Appiah Dankyirah, who represented the Minister of Health, Major Courage Quashigah (retd), said the plan of action would ensure that nurses and midwives in the country provide higher quality health care services.
In a presentation on the overview of the plan, a consultant, Professor John Aheto, appealed to nurses and midwives to have a better knowledge of their organisational environment and to stay committed to the five-year plan.
He commended the NMC for creating an innovative and proactive plan.
“In Ghana, we often just wait for people to tell us what to do. Now, we are not only going to be leaders in the region, but the whole world,” he said.
Prof. Aheto, who developed the NMC strategic plan, said the underlining objectives of the plan were to serve public interest, reduce poverty, create wealth through health, provide quality health care and improve customer satisfaction.
The Registrar of the NMC, Rev. Veronica Darko, said she was happy that the plan was being launched after it had been on the drawing board for a year and said, “Words cannot describe how I feel to have seen this dream materialise”.
A new NMC website to increase awareness amongst nurses, midwives and the general public was also launched.
In her welcoming address, the Chairperson of the NMC, Ms Kathlyn P. P. Ababio, said the significance of the launch could not be overemphasised because it had come at a time when “our patients, clients and the general public are complaining about the quality of service that they receive from us”.
She hoped that by 2012, “every visitor to any hospital, clinic, health centre, or CHPS Compound in Ghana would have no choice but to acknowledge a turnaround in the attitude of our nurses and midwives”.
Story Rebecca Quaicoe Duho & Kimberley Robertson
THE Nurses and Midwives Council (NMC) of Ghana has launched a five-year Strategic Plan aimed at propelling the health care sector to an international standard by 2012.
The strategic plan, which comes after 36 years of the council’s existence, is aimed at changing the image of the two professions and providing a more nurturing health care to the general public.
Launched in Accra yesterday, the plan has a vision to create a “globally acclaimed nursing and midwifery regulatory body of national pride”.
The Director of Human Resources for Health Development at the Ministry of Health, Dr Ebenezer Appiah Dankyirah, said human resource development was vital in improving health care in the country.
He therefore commended the council for developing the five-year plan, saying that “we cannot train people and not regulate them”.
Dr Appiah Dankyirah, who represented the Minister of Health, Major Courage Quashigah (retd), said the plan of action would ensure that nurses and midwives in the country provide higher quality health care services.
In a presentation on the overview of the plan, a consultant, Professor John Aheto, appealed to nurses and midwives to have a better knowledge of their organisational environment and to stay committed to the five-year plan.
He commended the NMC for creating an innovative and proactive plan.
“In Ghana, we often just wait for people to tell us what to do. Now, we are not only going to be leaders in the region, but the whole world,” he said.
Prof. Aheto, who developed the NMC strategic plan, said the underlining objectives of the plan were to serve public interest, reduce poverty, create wealth through health, provide quality health care and improve customer satisfaction.
The Registrar of the NMC, Rev. Veronica Darko, said she was happy that the plan was being launched after it had been on the drawing board for a year and said, “Words cannot describe how I feel to have seen this dream materialise”.
A new NMC website to increase awareness amongst nurses, midwives and the general public was also launched.
In her welcoming address, the Chairperson of the NMC, Ms Kathlyn P. P. Ababio, said the significance of the launch could not be overemphasised because it had come at a time when “our patients, clients and the general public are complaining about the quality of service that they receive from us”.
She hoped that by 2012, “every visitor to any hospital, clinic, health centre, or CHPS Compound in Ghana would have no choice but to acknowledge a turnaround in the attitude of our nurses and midwives”.
Friday, May 9, 2008
Accidents on motorway alarming
Pg 30. Fri. May 09/08
Story Rebecca Quaicoe Duho
A DAF truck, in the early hours of last morning, ran into and a stationary tipper truck on the Tema Motorway, causing serious traffic for several hours.
The accident, which did not claim any life nor cause any injury, is, however, one of the numerous accidents that have occurred on the Motorway over these past few weeks.
The DAF truck, with registration number GW 689 U, which was being driven by one Daniel Gidi, was said to have run into the tipper truck which was carrying spare parts from Tema to Abossey Okai in Accra and was said to have developed a fault on the Motorway.
According to the driver of the tipper truck, Mr Frank Donkoh, he had left the truck on the road where it had developed the fault, while he waited for another truck to offload the goods to Accra.
He said although there was a reflector placed a few metres away from the stationary truck, while he stood by to caution other road users, the driver of the DAF truck, who was driving at top speed from the Tema end of the Motorway, ignored the reflector and ran into the parked truck, dragging it several metres till it fell on its side.
It would be recalled that late last week an accident occurred on the Motorway which claimed the life of one of Ghana’s famous actors, Kwame Owusu Ansah, while early this week another accident involving seven cars occurred, claiming one life.
Story Rebecca Quaicoe Duho
A DAF truck, in the early hours of last morning, ran into and a stationary tipper truck on the Tema Motorway, causing serious traffic for several hours.
The accident, which did not claim any life nor cause any injury, is, however, one of the numerous accidents that have occurred on the Motorway over these past few weeks.
The DAF truck, with registration number GW 689 U, which was being driven by one Daniel Gidi, was said to have run into the tipper truck which was carrying spare parts from Tema to Abossey Okai in Accra and was said to have developed a fault on the Motorway.
According to the driver of the tipper truck, Mr Frank Donkoh, he had left the truck on the road where it had developed the fault, while he waited for another truck to offload the goods to Accra.
He said although there was a reflector placed a few metres away from the stationary truck, while he stood by to caution other road users, the driver of the DAF truck, who was driving at top speed from the Tema end of the Motorway, ignored the reflector and ran into the parked truck, dragging it several metres till it fell on its side.
It would be recalled that late last week an accident occurred on the Motorway which claimed the life of one of Ghana’s famous actors, Kwame Owusu Ansah, while early this week another accident involving seven cars occurred, claiming one life.
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