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February 5, 2021
As crusade against, road carnage in Ghana becomes a top issue with various individuals and organisations joining in the crusade to end carnage on our roads, Member of Parliament for Akim Oda Alexander Akwasi Acquah has given indications that he would join the campaign to ensure that Ghanaian roads are safe for all users.
Speaking in an interview with the media, Mr. Acquah disclosed that he is putting himself together to make a statement on the floor of Parliament in respect of ensuring safety on our roads.
The lawmaker who escaped death after involving in an accident at Asuoyaa Bridge, near Koforidua on Monday, February 1, 2021, when he was returning to Accra from Koforidua after attending an orientation for newly elected MPs from the Majority Group said, if it had not been the Lord on his side, “I would have been dead by now”.
“If you look at the valley under the bridge, it was close to hundred feet, if it had turned me into the valley, it would have been a different issue, and when it happen this way we would talk about it and get worried but what would have happened might have occurred already”.
He further pointed out that he is putting himself together to become an ambassador for road safety, “we talk about this always, but if it has not happened to you, you might think it is a joke”, he stated.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com