In response to the rising spate of road crash fatalities in the Northern Region, the Catholic Church has taken a decision worth emulating by all other religious groups.
As motorbikes are the most common means of transport in the region, the church has directed that all bikers who enter all Church's premises must be wearing a helmet.
This, the leaders of the church in the region hope would curb the fatality rate.
JoyNews visits Cathedral Administrator of the Arch-diocese in Tamale, Very Reverend Carulous Magnus Gambogi.
The priest explains what prompted the Church’s policy.
Watch the report below as the team interacts with police in Tamale as well
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