Source:Ghana/IGNetwork.com/Osei
Frimpong Emmanuel
The rate at which the use of motorbikes as the main means of
commercial transportation have gotten grounds in some part of the Volta Region
as some drivers are calling on the government to step in with measures to
safeguard their operations.
The rise in the motor bike
usage in the region as a major means of transporting goods and people has
increased over the past few years resulting in a competition between the
motorists and commercial car drivers.
In an interview with Mr. Roger
Dovlo, a commercial motorist, he highlighted that motor transportation is the
easiest and quickest way of reaching destinations as fast as possible.
He also noted that, the use
of motorbike is cost effective as compared to the use of Taxis and commercial
cars (trotro).
“In most parts of the region, there is a solely
dependence on motor bike transportation because it is more affordable” He
added.
Meanwhile, the case seems to
be different on the part of many commercial drivers as they recounted how the
illegal use of motorbikes for commercial purpose, has totally succeeded in
throwing most of the intra-city drivers out of business especially those in the
Ketu North Municipality.
Mr. Yao Amervor, a Commercial
(trotro) driver, lamented that, due to the rampant use of motorbikes as the
means of transportation, their job is on the verge of collapsing adding that,
most people currently prefer transportation with motorbikes to cars.
He said this has led to
their inability as drivers to get their income at the end of the day, making most
commercial drivers in the region to desert driving to do something else.
He further urged the
government to put in place measures by which this situation could be addressed.
Edited by: Sir DY/IGNetwork
Edited by: Sir DY/IGNetwork
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