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The Road Safety Management Services Gh. Ltd (RSMSL) has successful trained 200 youth in Kumasi as Road Safety Management Task Force (RSMTF), a specialized unit instituted by the company to provide support for the Ghana Police Service in managing road traffic and accidents on our roads.
The task force will be mandated to engage in towing services management, accident scene management, traffic control and management, enforcement of some road traffic regulations and neighborhood watch services.
At a colourful ceremony organized in Kumasi over the weekend, the trained personnel were inaugurated as the first batch of the new Road Safety Management Task Force, which is intended to comprise of 3000 energetic youth selected across the various districts in the country, to ensure safety and security on the roads.
The RSMTF personnel were provided with uniforms, boots and protective gear, various types of traffic management and road maintenance equipment to aid them in their field of work.
Mayor of Kumasi Samuel Sarpong in his address expressed enthusiasm over Road Safety Management Services Limited’s initiative in collaborating with the Ghana Police Service to proactively train Road Safety Task Force to support the Police halt carnage on the road.
Mr. Sarpong said a mandatory fee paying option for towing services has been agreed by stakeholders and therefore, every motorist would be levied an annual fee to be paid through the DVLA at the point of paying for the Road Worthy Certificates, for towing certificates without additional charge.
Regional Police Commander, DCOP Augustine Gyening on his part urged the General Police Special Technical Team established by the Inspector-General of Police, to oversee the deployment and supervision of the task force personnel to the various accident prone roads identified.
Air Commodore Basin Dery, Managing Director of RSMSL said his outfit is well equipped to provide first class service, with the acquisition of state-of-the- art equipment and machinery including towing trucks, ambulances, motor bikes, patrol wagons and pick-ups, as well as various types of equipment for traffic management.
Other services of RSMSL include a rapid vehicle towing services which has seen the acquisition of 118 towing trucks of various categories from China, 38 of which have already arrived and are in operation in all the regions. 25 towing trucks and flat beds are being shipped and should arrive soon. The remaining 55 trucks are in production and are expected to be shipped by the end of the year.
It also provides services such as the provision of large parking lots for towed disabled vehicles, provision of an emergency paramedical and ambulance services to victims of accidents which have necessitated the procurement of 15 ambulances by the company.
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