students of the Government Secretariat near the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital are causing commercial drivers plying the Sekondi/Takoradi main road to clamour for passengers and make the road unsafe.
The premises and facilities of the school are used by other private institutions as classrooms and hostel.
As a result, the population on campus has increased and the students comprising student nurses and other private individuals who are using the place refuse to make use of the bus-stop at the Fijai-Effia-Nkwanta junction.
The students, from their hostels, refuse to move to the Kweikuma bus stop or the Effia-Nkwanta bus stop, which is about two minutes walk from the school to the major road and rather stop along the road to pick taxis or ‘trotros’ resulting in inconveniences to other road users on that portion of the road.
As a result, the behaviour of these students, drivers find it difficult to make use of the designated bus stops.
In some instances, more than three mini-buses and taxi park in the middle of the road for students to board.
It is the hope of this reporter that officials of the National Road Safety Commission and personnel of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU), of their Ghana Police Service in the metropolis,will move in to save the situation by educating the students on the effects of their action.
There is also total disregard for road safety regulations at the Number 9 traffic light at Effiekuma which leads to Anaji. Here, a bus stop has been turned into a taxi rank.
The road is totally blocked sometimes making it impossible for traffic to flow freely.
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