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GPRTU dismisses 35 drivers for allegedly using hard drugs

Source The Ghana Report/Aba Asamoah

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, says it has sacked 35 of its members for using hard drugs.

Albert Kwesi Boamah who is chairman of the branch at Sofoline Transport Yard Branch in an interview on TV3 monitored by theghanareport.com said’

“Sometimes they mix marijuana, cocaine, super glue, and other substances and turn it into toffee…… that make them drive aggressively without taking into consideration the lives of other road users”

Albert Kwesi Boamah said that it is a major hindrance to the success of their work.

The use of substances by drivers has been a disturbing issue since theghanareport.com revealed how some drivers in an attempt to keep awake and active to work sniff snuff and other hazardous substances.

The drivers who are putting their brains to sleep to keep their eyes awake

The Ghana Road Traffic Act- 2004(Act 683) Section 4 prohibits drivers from abusing alcohol or any drug when driving.

It says ‘a person who, while driving or attempting to drive a motor vehicle on a road, is under the influence of alcohol or drugs to such a degree as to be incapable of having proper control of the vehicle commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction’

The Act stipulates that anyone found liable to that offence will be made to ultimately serve a 3-5-years imprisonment term.

According to the National Road Safety Commission accident statistics for 2018, about 80 percent of road accidents are caused by human errors.

The Commission listed over-speeding, drunk-driving, lack of vehicle maintenance, bad road design, and construction as part of the cause.

This provision does not seem to deter drivers from abusing drugs.

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