MTN  partners Police MTTD to train staff in Northern Region

By Samuel SAM

MTN-Ghana has stepped up efforts to protect its staff and the public on the roads by partnering the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service to conduct a major sensitization training for all employees in the Northern Region who drive official company vehicles as well as managers of its fleet.

The training held in Tamale was aimed at equipping employees with knowledge of existing and upcoming road safety policies in ensuring heightened precaution whenever they are on the road.

Addressing participants, Chief Superintendent Alexander Obeng, Director in Charge of Education, Research and Development at the MTTD Headquarters in Accra, warned that, Ghana is facing a “worrying increase” in road crashes this year, an alarming trend the training seeks to help reverse.

“Between January and October this year alone, we have recorded over 13,000 reported cases involving more than 20,000 vehicles,” he said.

“We are also dealing with 2,400 unauthorized riders and more than 13,000 injuries. All these figures are increases over the same period last year”, he added.

He said, MTN Ghana’s collaboration is timely, as corporate organisations play a crucial role in creating safer road cultures and ensuring the welfare of staff, customers and citizens of Ghana.

“Corporate drivers are multi-tasking behind the wheel and must undergo periodic training as required under Regulation 33 of L.I. 2180,” he noted.

“This partnership with MTN Ghana would enhance the alertness, skills, and understanding of the changing enforcement environment”, he explained.

New Traffic Camera Enforcement System

Chief Supt. Obeng noted that the various cameras installed at respective road points are to check indiscipline on the road and the MTTD is committed apprehending recalcitrant driver and riders engaging in indiscipline on the road for appropriate punishment to serve as deterrent.

He explained that, those fixed devices are not for only traffic enforcement but for national security surveillance.

“Those cameras help fight hijacking, kidnapping, robbery and other crimes. We monitor them in real time, that as am peaking, Ghana now has more than 30,000 such surveillance cameras installed since 2013”, he said.

He said, the Police’s new traffic enforcement cameras, soon to be deployed, are a separate system under the Traffic Technology Ghana initiative.

“The enforcement cameras we are rolling out are different, and some will be in police vehicles, tripods, while others be fixed at vantage points. When you violate speed regulations, they will automatically capture you and send a ticket to your phone within about three minutes”, he explained.

He stressed that, MTN Ghana’s training session was crucial in helping corporate drivers understand and prepare for this shift toward technology-led enforcement.

Commendation to MTN-Ghana for Supporting Road Safety

Chief Supt. Obeng commended MTN-Ghana for taking a leading role in promoting safer driving practices within corporate Ghana.

“MTN’s drivers are important agents of change. By training them, we strengthen our national push to reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities as we approach 2025”, he said.

MTN Ghana officials said, the company remains committed to ensuring the safety of its staff and contributing to national efforts to curb rising road crashes.

 

 

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