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CONTENT<br />
DAILY HERITAGE MONDAY, JUNE <strong>25</strong>, 2018<br />
DAILY QUOTE<br />
The true secret of happiness<br />
lies in taking a genuine interest<br />
in all the details of<br />
daily life — William Morris<br />
ANNIVERSARIES<br />
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Stop taking<br />
Tramadol to drive<br />
BY PHILIP ANTOH<br />
philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh<br />
A ROAD Safety Advocate, Rev Charles<br />
Ntim, popularly known as Moses, has advised<br />
drivers in Ghana to stop driving<br />
under the influence of drugs such as Tramadol<br />
with the excuse that it prevents fatigue.<br />
Rev Ntim said because the Ghana Police<br />
Service had intensified regular alcohol<br />
checks on various roads, drivers had resorted<br />
to hard drugs such as Tramadol and<br />
marijuana, which are very difficult for law<br />
enforcement agencies to detect at first<br />
sight.<br />
He said this had increased the rate<br />
of road accidents in the country since<br />
the use of the drugs had negative effects<br />
on the body, which could cause<br />
fatal road crashes.<br />
Rev Ntim gave this advice last Friday,<br />
<strong>June</strong> 22, 2018, at the Kaneshie<br />
Lorry Park during the National All<br />
Drivers Prayer Summit organised by<br />
Accident Victim’s Support in Accra.<br />
He said the continuous use of a<br />
local snuff popularly known as ‘asira’<br />
blocks the veins and could cause<br />
stroke and other attacks while driving.<br />
“I want to use this opportunity to<br />
appeal to all drivers in the country to<br />
desist from using hard drugs to drive<br />
because it can cause serious accident<br />
on the road,” he stated.<br />
In his sermon titled ‘Driver as a<br />
Leader,’ the president of Ghanadrive,<br />
Rev Erasmus Amankwah Addo, said<br />
every driver is a leader and therefore<br />
his/her deeds must bring inspiration<br />
• Safety advocate tells drivers<br />
to the people around him/her.<br />
Rev Addo said “with a driver as a leader,<br />
judgment must always be good so that it<br />
does not affect the people under your<br />
care.”<br />
He said 90% of accidents in the country<br />
are caused by human factors such as the<br />
driver being under the influence of alcohol<br />
or drugs, fatigue or speeding, a situation he<br />
described as rampant in the country.<br />
The founder of AVS, Rev Cyril Benedict<br />
Crabbe, said the programme aimed at<br />
creating awareness and for fundraising to<br />
support accident victims in various hospitals<br />
in the country.<br />
Rev Crabbe said the campaign to engage<br />
drivers in prayer to support accident victims<br />
would fully start from August and run<br />
till December, when the team would visit<br />
the Achimota Lorry Park, the 37 Lorry Station<br />
and finally end at Tema Station.<br />
He is, therefore, appealing to the government,<br />
philanthropists, corporate Ghana<br />
and individuals to help feed the over 45 accident<br />
victims currently under their care.<br />
• From (L-R) Amankwah Ampofo, veteran broadcaster, Rev Erasmus Amankwah Addo,<br />
president of Ghanadrive, Rev Cyril Benedict Crabbe, founder of AVS and Catharine<br />
Helmilteng, Manager of Greater Accra National Road Safety commission at the event<br />
Pregnant<br />
prisoner<br />
granted bail<br />
BY MUNTALLA INUSAH<br />
muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh<br />
ADJOA HELLEN Bimpong has<br />
spent three months in custody with<br />
her pregnancy after she was arrested<br />
and charged with conspiracy to commit<br />
murder.<br />
The 21-year-old is accused of conspiring<br />
with the husband to kill their<br />
two-year-old son who was born deformed.<br />
The woman, according to the facts,<br />
was arrested at Akroso by the Oda<br />
Police in February 2018 and charged<br />
with conspiracy to commit murder at<br />
the Oda Magistrate Court.<br />
She was admitted to the Nsawam<br />
Prison on March 10, 2018 and has<br />
since remained in custody without<br />
trial.<br />
The accused person, who applied<br />
for bail when the ‘Justice For All’ programme<br />
team stormed the Nsawam<br />
Prisons, was granted the bail. The<br />
team also granted bail to some remand<br />
prisoners.<br />
Miss Bimpong told the court that<br />
her case had been adjourned four<br />
times with the last court appearance<br />
date being March 27.<br />
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