Western Region: Unregistered, Dangerous Riding Of 'Aboboyas' On Roads | General News

The focus of the minister clearly was to maintain these motorized tricycles away from all main highways and principal streets and limit their operations to group driving.

This transfer by the Greater Accra Regional Minister, which he didn't suggest as a private view, however from the regulation ought to have been supported and welcomed by all different areas, however slightly was welcomed with stiff opposing views with few supporting it.

While the main focus of Mr Quartey was on the transportation of refuse on the highways and the town of Accra—within the Western Region, these tricycles are each for carrying passengers and items. In situations the place these tricycles are used to cart items, they carry greater than the required weight.

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When contacted on the pragya and aboboya menace, the Western Regional Director of the NRSA, Nana Akua Ansah, mentioned the following transfer was to prosecute the unrepentant riders.

“For some time now we have been doing a lot of awareness work to educate the commercial tricycle owners that the bike is not for carrying passengers,” she mentioned.

The prevailing scenario in varied elements of the area particularly on market days, she mentioned, is that the tricycle is used to hold items with passengers dangerously sitting on them.

The regional director mentioned after embarking on huge sensitisation, it was simply prudent that the authority with help from the police moved in to arrest and prosecute the offenders.

When contacted, the police mentioned they weren't able to grant interviews unbiased of the topic. However, a supply near the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service, confirmed the collaboration with nationwide highway security.

The supply mentioned, from subsequent month, the MTTD will clamp down on these illegalities — utilizing tricycles for functions of carting passengers and items on the identical time.

“The team will arrest these tricycles and motorbikes, some of which are not even registered or road worthy, as well as arrest commercial drivers who use intersections and any empty space as a bus terminal,” the supply mentioned.