14th July, 2017

The Daily Graphic and Ghanaian Times discuss the suspended road tolling fees. The Graphic laments lives being lost due to  disregard for road traffic regulations and calls for urgent attention. It is in this regard that the paper calls for a re-look at the suspended annual tolling fees meant to clear the roads of unwanted vehicles. The Graphic urges the National Road Safety Commission in collaboration with the NCCE to do more by intensifying road safety awareness and public education across the length and breadth of the country.

The Ghanaian Times expresses its sympathies to the bereaved family and entire Kotoko football fraternity following the fatal crash involving players and officials of the Football Club. The Paper says the accident brings to sharp focus the country's road safety woes. It says even though the country is outraged over the crash, nothing would be done to ensure that accidents caused by human error are eliminated on the  roads. The Times says the country must resolve to tackle the indiscipline on the roads head on and apply the laws strictly to get everyone to obey traffic regulations to avoid such accidents in future.

The Daily Heritage says the Ghana Electrical Traders Association and Ghana Union of Traders Association ought to up their game and impress upon the Ghana Standard Authority,GSA, to ban the importation of fake electrical cables which abound on the Ghanaian market. The paper stresses the need for strict enforcement of the laws and perpetrators punished to serve as deterrent to others. It says the local manufacturing industry is being seriously affected by the influx of these products, while some manufacturers are unable to break even because of these cheap, but sub-standard products. 

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