Motocycles & Road Traffic In Accra, Ghana

It known that vehicles, motorcycles and pedestrians all use our roads. While the vehicles and motorcycles are granted roadworthy before the use of the roads, it is surprising that when it comes to those who refuses to obey road traffic regulations are motorcycle riders.

They do not care about traffic lights or even when there is a police officer controlling traffic. How can we reduce road accidents if this situation is not taken care of. Well, it is time riders are forced to obey road traffic regulations in the city of Accra.

HOUSEHOLD WASTE MANAGEMENT, MEANS OF EXPLOITATION.

Household waste management in the city has been a problem to city authorities for many years. Due in influx of people to the urban centres there is no way one could reduce waste generation.

We are grateful to ZOOMLION for their immense role in managing waste in the city. However, I keep on wondering about the way communities or localities manage their solid waste with the container or tanks provided by the city authorities.

Some years ago the pay as you dump system was introduced in the city. This was quickly withdrawn due to concerns raised by various institutions as well as individuals. Surprisingly, the PAY AS YOU DUMP is unofficially being used at various container points. The charges are based on the personality carrying the waste.

Is this not another form of exploitation by gentlemen who are found well dressed and relaxing a distance from the garbage tanks. Yes we know they pay for the trucks that come to carry away the garbage to the landfill site, but what are the officials doing about the charges? Couldn’t there be a measure or a system where a flat rate could be charged as applied to the Metro-Mass Transport fares? Please let us help arrest this situation before the poor are over exploited.

Web 2.0 Workshop, INSTI-CSIR

This is a very useful training for researchers being organised in the CSIR in terms of effective communication and collaboration, aside the e-mail system. It has actually given me the skills that I have long been looking for. It is wonderful that even if one don't have a server, there are other servers to host the site for free.

The Resource person from FAO is very knowledgeable and posses the skills of impacting knowledge. He has been handling the participants very nicely and friendly.

If you have not heard of WEB 2.0 or WIKIS and BLOGS, please I say you are behind technology and you might under utilising the Internet. Check this out!!

STREET HAWKING IN ACCRA

It is a common sight to see our streets crowded with hawkers taking over pedestrian walkway. What are the authorities doing about this situation? Yes we all know that in the next few weeks Ghanaians are going to the polls as just witness in the US.

It is surprising that law and order in some areas has broken-down completely and I wonder why this? Don’t we have various institutions to take care of what the vice president of Ghana described as indiscipline in our society?

If this is what we are going to witness every four (4) years then, our beloved country Ghana would be in shambles for the elected president to take over and undertake the necessary clean-up instead of moving the country forward.