ACCRA, APRIL. 5, GNA – A NATIONWIDE TRAINING OF TRAINERS AND ORIENTATION PROGRAMME ORGAINSED FOR TOP COMMANDERS OF THE MOTOR TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT DIVISION (MTTD) ON THE MOTOR INSURANCE DATABASE (MID) HAS BEEN CLIMAXED WITH A SENSITIZATION AND ENFORCEMENT EXERCISE.
THE EXERCISE HAD THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE OF THE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMMISSION, DR JUSTICE OFORI AND MR FRANCIS ABOAGYE NYARKO, DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE MTTD OF THE GHANA POLICE SERVICE CHECK ON MOTORISTS IN THE EASTERN REGION TO ENSURE THEY HAD THE CORRECT MOTOR INSURANCE POLICIES.
A STATEMENT ISSUED AND SIGNED BY MR MAWULI ZOGBENU, PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER AT THE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMMISSION, SAID OVER 120 VEHICLES WERE STOPPED AND INSPECTED AND ABOUT 20 VEHICLES WERE FOUND WITH FAKE INSURANCE POLICIES.
THE DRIVERS OF THESE VEHICLES WERE IMMEDIATELY PROVIDED INSTANT INSURANCE POLICIES BY INSURANCE COMPANIES PRESENT BEFORE THEY WERE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE WITH THE JOURNEY TO THEIR VARIOUS DESTINATIONS.
IT SAID DR. JUSTICE OFORI COMMENDED THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF POLICE (IGP), DR. GEORGE AKUFFO DAMPARE FOR ENSURING THAT THE MOTOR INSURANCE DATABASE (MID) WAS A SUCCESS.
PARTICIPANTS FOR THE TRAINING WERE SENIOR POLICE OFFICER DRAWN FROM ALL 18 ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS OF THE GHANA POLICE SERVICE.
THE TRAINING AIMED AT PROVIDING PARTICIPANTS WITH KNOWLEDGE ON THE MID, WHICH HAS BEEN A GAME CHANGER FOR INSURANCE SECTOR AND FOR ROAD TRAFFIC INVESTIGATIVE PURPOSES.
THE MID WAS LAUNCHED IN 2020 TO HELP CURB THE DISRUPTIVE INCIDENTS OF FAKE INSURANCE STICKERS IN THE SYSTEM.
DR. JUSTICE OFORI SAID: “THE USE OF THE MID FOR ENFORCEMENT ON OUR ROADS HAD NOT ONLY PROVIDED SUPPORT TO THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY BUT IT IS ALSO HELPING THE POLICE IN THEIR ROAD TRAFFIC INVESTIGATIONS WITH THE VIEW TO PROTECT INNOCENT LIVES AND PROPERTY. DRIVERS AND VEHICLE OWNERS HAVE BECOME MORE CAUTIOUS AND NO LONGER SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE MODUS OPERANDI OF FRAUDSTERS.”
MR FRANCIS ABOAGYE NYARKO COMMENDED THE NIC FOR THEIR COMMITMENT AND RESOLVE TO CONTINUOUSLY SUPPORT THE POLICE IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1959
STATISTICS FROM THE POLICE MTTD INDICATE THAT THE MONTHS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2022 HAVE SEEN A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF DEATHS ON OUR ROADS WHICH STAND AT 469 AS AGAINST 517 DURING THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
Source: Ghana News Agency
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