Curbing road carnage: Bono Minister calls for discipline among drivers 

The Bono Regional Minister, Justina Owusu Banahene has met with transport operators in the Sunyani Municipality with a call on drivers to maintain the discipline to curb road carnages.

 The minister made this appeal when she visited transport operators in the regional capital to commend them for their services to national development and also discuss their plights. 

Madam Justina said the rate at which accidents claim lives is heartbreaking and calls for caution to help fight the canker.

 The minister was emphatic that drivers are disciplined but believed more needs to be done.
 She implored them to comply with road traffic regulations to ensure sanity in the system. 

The regional minister added that her outfit will continue to engage with stakeholders in the transport sector to harness quality service delivery.

She also cautioned long-distance drivers against energy-boosting products. 
She again charged leaders of driver unions to ensure drivers have good rest before embarking on journeys at night.

The drivers among other issues appealed to the government to stabilize fuel prices by scrapping the numerous taxes on petroleum products.