Odorgonno SHS students stage protest over malfunctioning street lights

Students of Odorgonno Senior High School in Accra demonstrated on Monday, February 24, 2025, to voice their concerns about malfunctioning traffic lights and streetlights in the vicinity of their school, emphasising the urgent need for action to ensure safety.

According to the students, the faulty signals have already resulted in the tragic death of a school staff member, warning that without prompt intervention, more lives could be endangered.

The protest caused a brief disruption to traffic along the affected road.

The students highlighted that vehicles often speed past the entrance of the school due to the inoperative traffic lights, leading to numerous close calls.

Some students urged authorities to take immediate action to avert further tragedies, stating, “Our security man has died because there’s no traffic light here. We call on the government to swiftly intervene.”

 

 

 

Several accidents have claimed many lives on that stretch in the past decade, and demonstrations have not yielded the needed results.

A similar fatal road accident sparked a demonstration on Tuesday, August 4, 2020.

Thomas Nyamavoh, 22, was hit and killed by a moving vehicle on the road due to a malfunctioning traffic light at about 10 pm the previous day.

Infuriated by the development, residents mobilised to protest by blocking the Awoshie-Ablekuma Highway at about 8 am, preventing cars from plying the road.

At the time, a significant number of road users had been victims, including children who attended the McCarthy Hill Basic School situated along the road.

The residents took to the streets in their numbers to vent their anger, prompting the deployment of a joint police and military team to quell the disturbances.