National Road Safety Commission, GFA observe Remembrance Day

Accra, Nov. 18, GNA – The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) in collaboration with the Ghana Football Association and the Premier League Board would on Sunday observe Remembrance Day with a minute's silence.   This would be done ahead of the today’s "titanic" football game clash between Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.   This was contained in a release issued by Mr Kwame Koduah Atuahene, Head of Communications of the NRSC which was copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra.  It said the third Sunday in November every year had been adopted by the United Nations to acknowledge victims of road traffic crashes and their families as the World Remembrance Day for Road Traffic Crash Victims.   The release quoted Mr Noble John Appiah, Executive Director of the NRSC as saying: ‘This collaboration goes to emphasize the fact that road safety is a shared responsibility.”   “It is our expectation that this observation will renew the responsibility of football teams and their supporters to embrace the safety culture required to deliver road safety, especially before and after football matches”, he said.   Mr. Welbeck Abra Appiah, Chairman of the Premier League Board said: “Road safety affects everybody including football teams and fans. We are trusting that this gesture will revive our consciousness as football fans and road users generally for the public good.”    It is estimated that road traffic crashes account for an average of 2000 deaths and 14,000 injuries every year, with almost 60 per cent of crash victims falling within the productive age bracket of 18-55, leading to an economic loss of 1.6 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product.    In 2009 alone, this translated into 418 million dollars.   GNA... Read Full Story