MARAD has embarked on an initiative to share out life jackets to primary school students throughout the country who reside in riverain communities and their only means of access to school is by boat.
On Thursday last, MARAD distributed 130 life jackets to Batavia Primary School, 35 to Kartabo Primary, nine to Makouria Primary and 35 to the Holy Name Primary School, a release from the agency said.
Akosua Mc Pherson, MARAD’s Public Communications Officer, said that her department is concerned with safety on the waterways. She noted that children who traverse the water ways to get to school are vulnerable and as such the MARD decided to embark on the initiative to outfit those students with life jackets. Recents years have seen an increase in accidents on the rivers.
