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VT motorists and  pedestrians continue to flout road safety regulations on the n1 highway, here in accra despite the media spotlight the stretch has been thrown into recently. remedial work highlighted in media reports is yet to receive the needed attention. our reporter daniel lartey remains  on the stretch and has filed this report.           Wait for cue  V/O  over 50 lives have been lost through road accidents since the n1 highway  was opened to traffic. structural defects, even on the footbridge is another worry to pedestrians. sot sot another concern is the size and steepness of the pedestrian walkway from bentu junction to nii boi junction. again, residents fear a  slip could cause serious injuries. motorists continue to flout road safety regulations. this taxi driver whose car has developed a fault had no  warning triangle to ward off...

VT through communal labour, residents of anyamam, in the ada west municipality, fight sanitation in the area, oblivious of the negative effects their method of disposing of the waste they collect would have on them. daniel lartey has this report wait for cue  V/O anyaman is a fishing village on the coast of sege. the village is divided by the songor lagoon and residence once depended on it for commercial production of  tilapia. they make income by transporting the excess fish to neighbouring communities. through the improper dumping of waste around the lagoon, residents lament aquatic life has been negatively affected as evidenced in the low catch they have to content with lately. although some have decided to clear and burn the rubbish through communal labour, they leave the debris just around the lake. samuel okutu, a resident said they barely make a good catch and appealed for litter bins for the community. Sot the lake ...

VT four additional footbridges are to be added to the three, currently on the n1 highway.  acting chief executive of the ghana highway authority, michael abbey told tv3  provision has been made in the 2013 budget to tender documents to procure services of contractors by the first quarter of the year. a report by daniel lartey.  V/O recent reports  on the n1 highway have highlighted the plight of pedestrians using the stretch. the acting chief executive of the ghana highway authority, michael abbey hinted  provision had been made in the 2013 budget to cater for road safety lapses on the highway. sot he explained the millenium development authority faced several challenges in executing  the project. sot after a road safety, pre and pro construction audit,  the need to fence the median to compel  pedestrians to use appropriate crossing points has been recommended. again, the gap in the railings would ...

VT IN  they walk long distances to acquire tution in preparation towards this year's  basic education certificate examination. the news team visited jyankrom in the gomoa west district of the central region and reports, jhs 3 students attend classes in another town due to inadequate  classrooms. wait for cue  V/O  jyankro has water, electricity and a school. but  inadequate classrooms at the only basic school is posing a serious challenge to students. these rooms serve as classrooms for jhs one and two. but there is none for jhs three. sot                the only way to get tution in preparing for the basic education certificate examination is by treking to gomoa mprumem, a nearby village. sot Sot we followed the students to the school and met their the headmaster,,albert eshun sot he said, students are compelled to l...

VT residents in  pkaniekrom, in the west akyem municipality of the eastern region are still without electricity. daniel lartey brings us the story of a village that has never seen light. wait for cue V/O It's a quiet village. residents at pkaniekrom have never been connected  to the grid. Its been four years  since these electricity poles were fixed. apart from the usual farming activities, pkaniekrom has no school, hospital and recreational facilities.     ossai yaw solomon tells us his means of recreation snd up... but ossai upholds his dream of becoming a medical doctor. we watched him study through the night. despite the challenges with the traditional lamp, he has resolved to make use of every minute.     sot ...afua ossaibea  its obvious a sustained efforts would be needed to give children at pkanierom a future. end

VT for four years, they have waited on authorities to roof the only structure serving the primary and junior high school. from asikasu in the west akyem municipality of the eastern region, daniel lartey reports, students  continue to study in a dilapidated structure serving as classrooms. wait for cue V/O the extent of neglect is apparent. pupils attending asikasu r/c primary and jhs look on helplessly as the building meant to accomodate them is neglected both teachers and pupils are greeted every morning  with animal droppings. after lessons, animals take over the classrooms leaving it in a mess. snd up Sot .......emmanuel bafffoe, headmaster. asikasu r/c primary jhs though we visited the school on a week end, we chanced on these pupils who lived close to the school. sot ....student anytime clouds gather, classes end abruptly. we gathered that these rotten wood were supposed to be used for fencing. Snd up ...

VT where do you belong, the nuclear or the traditional extended family system? Well, if you depend on your own bed, plate and spoon , experts say, you could be breaking the social support system. daniel lartey has been exploring the trend. wait for cue V/O weku in ga, abusua in twi, yiale in housa and fome in ewe. these are but a few names that qualify the once cherished traditional family system. a family is identified by a stool or clan name. It broadens from patrilineal among the gas and matrilineal among the akans. formerly, relatives and their experience loom large in ones upbringing. the extended family for instance is responsible for the initiation from childhood into adulthood. today, society is gradually shifting from the social support system to a rather european way of  life. the modern industrialized and technological era is competing strongly with functions of the family. dede afoley sees it as irrelevant t...