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By
Benjamin Mensah, RNG
Accra, March 28, GNA –
Alhaji Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, Chief Whip of Minorities and Member of
Parliament for Asawase on Thursday called for a revision of the Highway Code
Regulation of 2012 (Legislative Instrument 2180) to enable the operation of the
motorcycles or tricycles.
In 2012, the house
ratified the Highway Code to regulate road transport over Ghana, and
sections of the instrument prohibit the use of motorcycles or tricycles,
respectively known as Okada or Adedeta, for commercial purposes.
The revision of the law,
the MP said, would make sure that these bikes or tricyles could be
identified, registered, authorized and controlled to work in the traffic sector
regulations.
In a statement on the
Alhaji Muntaka said that it was crucial for the country to put in place
regulations in place that supported the commercial operations of the riders.
"These regulations must
aim to institute the appropriate standards and capabilities of a motorcycle or
tricycle and its drivers for public transport services, "he said.
He called for an examination
legal provisions in light of the possibilities offered by the use
of motorcycles or tricycles for commercial purposes, which were otherwise
evade the nation because of the ban.
He traced that
Lagos, the former administrative capital of Nigeria, where motorcycles
or tricycles were used as a solution to deal with the notorious traffic
congestion in the city.
Among the benefits are
reduced congestion and faster ways to reach offices
and parts of the city of Lagos.
"Because of their
services, customers compare the movement or operations of motorcycles to
that of Okada Airline, the first national airline in Nigeria, which
created in the 1980s by Mr. Gabriel Egbinedion, one of the first
millionaires from the village of Okada in Edo State ".
"With the pbadage of
At the time, Okada's activity spread from Lagos to other parts of the country.
because of its convenience. This company is gradually expanding to the West.
African subregion in countries such as Togo and Benin and other regions
Africa."
Alhaji Muntaka noted
In Ghana, motorcycles had become the preferred means of transport for rural people.
people because it was the easiest and cheapest way by which they used their
companies.
Quote the five
northern and northern regions of the Volta region, for example,
he said that the use of motorcycles occupied critical parts of their daily lives
activities so that farmers, teachers, nurses and social workers
others relied on them to get to their place of work.
Quote the badembly of
motorcyclists in Ghana, the legislator said that creating jobs through
this business, and it also has a multiplier effect on the Ghanaian economy
as some of the runners are saving parts of their business income to start
from other companies.
However, the operators
have been cited for violating traffic regulations, including the non-wearing of
helmets and careless driving, which put the lives of their customers at risk.
"These negatives
trends have necessitated a call for a total ban on the practice and
some of the main reasons that initially influenced the adoption of the law,
Alhaji Muntaka said.
"But it's my
considered that the benefits outweigh the social costs and, therefore, we
can not kill the goose that has laid its eggs of gold thanks to its permanent ban
the use of motorcycles or tricycles for commercial purposes. "
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