Minister Rohee leads awareness walk for road victims

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By Carl Croker

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee on the awareness walk

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee last Sunday joined scores of persons in an awareness walk to mark World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 2012.
Participants started the walk at the Carifesta Avenue section of the National Park and proceeded in silent mode along the avenue to their destination at the Sherriff Street junction.
Clad in white jerseys bearing the slogan “Walk, Ride or Drive, Practice Road Safety and Stay Alive”, persons were seen clutching well prepared and decorated photographs of deceased loved ones, bearing comforting words such as “Remember us”. As the walkers braved the intense Sunday afternoon sun, the heat seems incomparable to the hurt resonating from their facial expression of pain and despair. The exercise organised by the Guyana Road Safety Council in partnership with the Home Affairs Ministry and the Guyana Police Force Traffic Department, was well supported by scores of young people, relatives of victims and members of the diplomatic corps. At the assembly point, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee reiterated the country is not prepared to lose its citizens in the peak of their lives. “Every citizen is part of this country’s national wealth, and human resource and we value highly our human resource,” he said, noting, “every child born is something to be welcomed and protected.”
The minister reminded the gathering that “This is why I believe in working in partnership with other government agencies such as the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Human Services and the Ministry of Education.”
Rohee also voiced his support for the creation and fostering of road safety patrols at schools around Guyana, and praised the Mothers in Black for their effort in raising awareness against road abusers.

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