MTN Ghana in collaboration with the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of Ghana Police Service and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has trained the company’s staff in the Northern Region on the new Road Traffic Regulations, 2026 (L.I. 2519).
The training aimed to enhance the skills of the drivers to observe the required road safety guidelines.
The new law is seen as major step forward for road safety in the country as it introduces new safety standards compared to the older 2012 regulations (L.I. 2180).
Speaking in an interview, the Director in charge of Education, Research and Training at the Ghana Police Service Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD), Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Alexander Kweku Obeng commended the telecommunications giant for the initiative.
He said the police has previously collaborated with Ministries, Department and Agencies as well as Corporate Institutions to train their drivers on best practices and safe vehicle use to prevent road crushes.
ACP Obeng admonished fleet owners such as Scancom PLC to always ensure their drivers are exposed to basic road safety practices, skills, and competency training, at least once every year in order to stay preventive.
He added under the new law, motorists will encounter police officers using electronic devices to enforce traffic regulations.
He disclosed the required digital systems are being worked on to enable offenders to receive traffic tickets electronically and make payments without necessarily appearing in court.
For his part, the acting Director, Vehicle Inspection and Registration at DVLA, Mr. Kwasi Bona Otuo-Srebour said: “The importance of this exercise is to take forcement away from reactive response to challenges to preventive response”.
He noted the training therefore aimed at equipping the participants of what is expected of them under the new road traffic law.
“It is important for us as a nation especially as we have road safety concerns and compliance challenges for other corporate agencies and bodies to take a cue from what MTN is doing and also put themselves together and get their members to understand the changes the law has brought.
“The end results is very simple – safety on our roads or safer roads, safer vehicles on the part of DVLA and safer drivers who will use our roads” he added.
