Industrial motorcyle riders, popularly referred to as Okada, in Twifo-Praso within the Central Area have urged the following administration of the Nationwide Democratic Congress (NDC) to make sure that the price of buying a motor using licence is drastically diminished.
Whereas majority of Okada operators throughout the nation have already declared their help for the NDC in view of the celebration’s hailed plan to legalise and successfully regulate their operations, they consider {that a} discount in the fee for a licence, could be useful.
Kwao Kumi, chief of the Okada operators at Twifo-Praso, who conveyed the request to Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang at a city corridor assembly on Tuesday, throughout her marketing campaign tour of the realm, stated the price of the licence has been elevated to over GH₵ 700.
“That is too expensive for us,” he stated, and prayed that it’s diminished to the earlier fee of about GH₵ 150.
The current tough scenario, he stated, has led some operators to trip with out the requisite licence.
“We belief John Mahama and we all know the NDC is caring, and can do it for us,” he stated, amidst wild jubilation within the corridor.
Responding, Prof Opoku-Agyemang assured the operators of complete help to manage and facilitate their work to reinforce their livelihood.
“You’re all Ghanaians, and also you deserve higher to be able to contribute extra meaningfully to the economic system,”‘ she stated.
The working mate reiterated the NDC’s dedication to help the okada enterprise to thrive in a extra regulated and protected setting, assuring that the pursuits of the operators could be protected.
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