By Michael Foli Jackidy
Ho (V/R), Sept.10, GNA – Mr Joseph Bukari Nikpe, Minister of Transport, has described road safety as the heaviest burden confronting Ghana’s transport sector, following a worrying rise in road traffic crashes and fatalities across the country.
He said road traffic fatalities reached 2,954 in 2025, the highest level recorded in more than two decades, while reported road crashes increased by 31.6 per cent between 2021 and 2025.
Mr Nikpe said the figures should not be treated merely as statistics because each road crash and fatality had far-reaching consequences for families and communities, particularly through the loss of breadwinners and young people.
“Behind these figures are families, breadwinners and young lives. This is a national emergency, and we must treat it as one,” he said.
The Minister said the alarming road safety situation required a collective and sustained response from government agencies, transport operators, motorists, pedestrians and other road users to reverse the trend and make Ghana’s roads safer.
He said addressing road fatalities must remain a priority within the broader transformation of the transport sector, as the benefits of improved roads and transport infrastructure could not be fully realised if lives continued to be lost through preventable road crashes.
Mr Nikpe was speaking at the opening of the 2026 Transport Sector Review Conference in Ho, on the theme: “Financing and Delivery of Resilient Transport Infrastructure and Services: A BIG PUSH for Sustainable Economic Transformation.”
GNA
Edited By: Maxwell Awumah/Kenneth Odeng Adade