The fifth President of the Musicians Union of Ghana would be named among these candidates- Gyedu Blay Ambolley, Obour, Nana Tuffour and Willi Roi- on August 18, 2011 in Tamale at the 5th National Congress of the Union, MUSIGA has announced.

And one of the favourite for the seat, top hiplifer, Bice Osei Kuffour a.k.a Obour thinks his eventual election to the highest position among Ghanaian musicians would result in an improved recognition and respect for the profession as well as contribute to improving the general standard of living of the musicians”.

He was speaking to myhiworld.com via phone on Thursday, June 9. 2011 from his base in Maryland in the United States where he had gone for the past three weeks to cool off and also learn a few things from top people of the music business in that country.

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In Ghana, on average 1,800 persons are killed yearly, i.e., an average of four deaths daily. Pedestrian casualties in the country account for about 42% with 23% of these casualties being children below the age of 16; and these horrifying numbers keep rising.

Statistics also indicate that 90% of all road traffic crashes are caused by human error. Therefore, in order to redress this deplorable state of affairs, the role of the human driver must be accounted for.

The National Drivers’ Academy (NDA) is collaboration between the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), the Government Technical Training Centre (GTTC) and the Ministry of Transport (MoT). This academy was set up as a response by Government to show support and commitment to reducing crashes on our roads and to make our roads safer using driver education. The aforementioned stakeholders have engaged a²om International and Cranfield University to bring their expertise in driver behavior and training to this initiative under the Ghana Driver Education Programme. The NDA is fully government owned and therefore a non-profit making organization.

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