Finally, the price of Akufo Addo’s mini cars to replace okada
revealed.
The Chief Executive Officer of
the Coastal Development Authority (CODA), Jerry Ahmed Shaib has announced that
the recently acquired quadricycles cost GHS 24,000 each.
He publicized that the
government procured the automobile from India as a move to control and
exterminate okada from the streets.
“We have a tracking system. We
also have the drivers comprehensive insurance…I bought the car ( quadricycles )
at GH¢24,000 for one from India”. He revealed when spoke in an interview on
Citi FM.
Mr. Ahmed added that the state
is not bent on making profits from the profitable venture despite its hefty
cost. According to him, the move is to dry out the poverty level among the
motor riders, create and boost more employment avenues.
Ahmed Shaib also noted that “the
cash point is not for us to make any profit, but we want to empower those
commercial drivers.”
Clarifying how these ‘Okada
Macho’ would be operated, he said the specialized quadricycles will be given to
persons who have knowledge and skills in driving on a hire-purchase basis (work
and pay).
He elaborated that the specialized car is not only a
profit-making vehicle but also a cleverly planned initiative of the Akufo-Addo
government to drastically reduce the number of fatal accidents caused by
motorbikes.
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