The Director General of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), Abraham Amaliba, has urged the Ghana Education Service (GES) to introduce road safety as a standalone subject in schools.
Speaking to the media, Mr. Amaliba emphasized the need to educate young people early on safe road practices to prevent them from adopting reckless behaviors.
“They say, ‘catch them young,’ so the best approach is to educate children early so they don’t behave like the older ones on the road,” he stated.
He also described Ghana’s roads as “death traps” and raised concerns about poor visibility in Accra, which he attributed to inadequate street lighting. He announced plans to write to the Greater Accra Regional Minister to push for improved lighting across the city.
As part of his efforts, he vowed to use legal measures to address road safety issues, including the improper parking of articulated trucks on highways and the obstruction of pedestrian walkways by street hawkers.
Mr. Amaliba stressed that compliance with road safety regulations must be enforced more strictly to ensure safer roads.
“People will only follow the rules if there are consequences, so expect to see compliance notices issued,” he warned.
Despite his ambitions, he acknowledged that the NRSA faces funding constraints, revealing that the authority lacks Internally Generated Funds (IGF). He noted that limited resources have made it difficult to implement key road safety initiatives.
