Preaching on commercial buses must stop in Ghana, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, Deputy Minister of Transport, has said.
According to the Member of Parliament for Tema West Constituency, allowing people to preach on buses could divide the attention of the driver and possibly cause an accident.
Mr Titus-Glover’s concern comes in the wake of the ghastly crash involving two huge buses at Mankron near Suhum on the Accra-Kumasi Highway early Wednesday which killed at least ten people. Several other passengers on both buses also sustained injuries.
First responders from the Ghana Police Service, National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), and Ghana National Fire Service rushed to the scene to salvage the situation.
One bus has registration number GN 6600 – 17 and the other GS 835 – 16. The injured have been rushed to the Suhum Government Hospital for treatment while the dead have been ferried to the morgue.
Speaking on Ghana Yensom on Accra 100.5FM on Wednesday, 13 June, Mr Titus-Glover told Chief Jerry Forson that road safety is a shared responsibility, therefore, all stakeholders must come together to reduce the menace. He also cautioned the drivers against speeding and wrong overtaking.
Mr Titus-Glover said: “At every opportunity, we need to talk against indiscipline on our roads as part of the fight against accidents.
“One of the things I have noticed in recent times which I have communicated to the driver unions, is the trend where some pastors preach in buses.
“I am not against preaching, religion is very good and I am a Christian, but when the driver is driving and a pastor is preaching, it has the propensity of dividing his attention, some of the drivers are passionate about religion, and, so, when they get soaked too much into what the preacher is saying at that moment, his attention will be divided.
“I have told the driver unions that they must not allow anybody to sell medicines or preach in the buses. Road safety is a shared responsibility.”
Source: classfmonline.com
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Mr minister do u have any facts to confirm that the accident occurred as results of a pastors preaching? This is ridiculous how can preaching in a bus contribute to accident.This is a clear manifestation of your hate against Christians and you not succeed in this agenda of hate. preachingis not the cause but rather is as a result of the poor road network that we have in this country so being a minister you must begin to take the bull by the horn by making sure that you dualize some of the major roads linking the capital cities. Think as major minister.
Very very good one there! Religion is good but certainly not in moving vehicles because drivers must use both eyes,ears and nose when driving. I have been on several commercial vehicles with pastors preaching, it can be noisy sometimes and steals one's attention. Honorable Titus Glover God bless you