Ban on ‘aboboyaa’ starts today
“My good brother Agbodza should avert his mind to Artice 241″.
Tricycles are expected to stop plying the Accra-Tema motorway, effective today, Monday, November 1, 2021.
This follows an earlier directive issued by the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, in spite of some opposition by members of the opposition National Democratic Congress.
A news report filed by Accra-based Citi News indicates that this directive is however the first of an expected few others, as part of the ‘Making Accra Work’ agenda, that will be fully rolled out by February 2022, to ride all of Accra’s principal roads and highways of tricycles.
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey has defended the directive, noting that tricycles are hazards on the roads.
“Aside from them [aboboyaa riders] not having drivers’ licenses, the cycles are not properly insured. They dump refuse anyhow in the middle of the road,” he observed.
To ensure compliance, individuals who flout the directive will have their motorbikes and tricycles seized and allowed a month to explain why their bikes should not be disposed of.
Meanwhile, the ranking member on Parliament’s Transport Committee, Governs Agbodza has decried the directive, noting that it is without legal support.
Nonetheless, Hon. Quartey has insisted that the motorway is within the La Dadekotopon, Ledzokuku, Tema West, Tema, Ashaiman and Adentan assemblies, all of whom have endorsed the directive.
He noted that “they [District Assemblies] are exercising their legislative and executive powers saying that Aboboyaa is a nuisance and they pose risks on the motorway.”
“My good brother Agbodza should avert his mind to Artice 241″.
