The Ashaiman Municipal Private Transport Operation Coordinating Council, (AMPTOCC), the Ashaiman Municipal Assembly, and the Ghana Police Service have joined forces to create a task force to help solve the problem of road congestion in the municipality. Speaking at a day's media engagement, Mr Samuel Amoah, the secretary for AMPTOCC, stated that the task force was to help reduce hectic traffic and road accidents in the municipality and ensure that drivers loaded passengers at appropriate terminals in the municipality. He noted that the hectic traffic in the municipality was a result of drivers picking passengers along the roads and on the main road while other drivers were driving directly behind. He added that the drivers who were found loading at an unauthorised places would be arrested by the task force at the assembly and would be made to pay a fine to serve as a deterrent to others. Mr. Amoah also encouraged the drivers to join the Drivers Union so that they would be able to park their cars at the v arious bus terminals and load passengers. 'We plead with the drivers to join a driving union so that they will be allowed to park their vehicles at the bus terminals and load their passages, because even the road traffic law demands every driver to belong to a union, so the task force would not take any excuse when you're being arrested,' he shared. He added that often, passengers come to the bus terminals complaining of missing items, and upon asking questions, you will realise the station master doesn't even know the driver because he's not a member of any union or does not load their passengers at the bus terminal. He advised passengers to come to the bus terminals in the municipality and pick up their vehicles so that such incidents would be reduced. Also, he asked passengers to question their drivers when they are driving recklessly on roads or disobeying road signs and stop the habit of pressuring drivers to drive speedily because they want to reach their destinations on time. He lamented that most of the road accidents in the municipality are recorded mostly during the festive season; he therefore advised the drivers to obey all the road safety signs and maintain a good relationship with their passengers. In an interview with the Ghana News Agency Tema Regional Office, Madam Vivian Ayerh, the transport officer for Ashaiman Municipality Assembly, stated that the assembly is working hard with the AMPTOCC and the police to arrest all drivers and their mates who park vehicles by the main road and use the assembly's names to misbehave. She added that the assembly had not issued any licence to drivers to load passengers along the road, and she assured the public that they would do their best to end the situation. Source: Ghana News Agency Kakamega County administration will offer extension services and pigs to farmers to boost food security and wealth creation in the region. Governor Fernandes Barasa said the move will enable pig farmers to increase their stocks and explore markets for pig products. The governor also said there are plans to initiate a program to provide subsidized feeds and to revive the pig slaughterhouse in Ikolomani Sub County where operations had stalled for lack of sufficient stock. 'My administration will also engage investors and source markets for pig products on their behalf to enhance profits,' he said. He said some of the profitable value chains in pig farming include skin, pork and quality manure with high-standard biogas for both domestic and commercial use. 'My administration will empower farmers through pig farming in line with our food security and wealth creation pillars,' said the Governor. He noted that pig farming remains one of the most highly profitable agribusiness farm initiatives due to the prod uctive nature of pigs with the ability to deliver ten piglets at once. 'The gestation period of a pig is three months, three weeks and three days coupled with a swift maturation period of just six months,' He clarified. Barasa said already in the first phase, farmers in Navakholo, Shinyalu, Ikolomani and Lurambi sub-counties have benefitted from the distribution exercise. He said they have offered large white and duroc breeds to farmers because of their quick adaptability in the region. While speaking in the county today, he said the subsequent distribution phase will extend to farmers in the remaining sub-counties. The governor said to sustain the project, farmers will employ the pass-on method where after receiving an in-pig or two pigs (Female and Male)) the beneficiaries are required to give four piglets to other farmers after parturition. He said the county government has also established a pig multiplication center at Bukura Agricultural Training Centre (ATC) through the Department of Agriculture. S ource: Kenya News Agency
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