{"id":310793,"date":"2011-03-15T11:43:25","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T11:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/15\/ama-should-stop-the-wild-goose-chase-drivers\/"},"modified":"2011-03-15T11:43:25","modified_gmt":"2011-03-15T11:43:25","slug":"ama-should-stop-the-wild-goose-chase-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/15\/ama-should-stop-the-wild-goose-chase-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"AMA Should Stop The Wild Goose Chase &#8211; Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) of the Greater Accra Region has expressed reservations about the intended arrest and prosecution of drivers who allow passengers on their vehicles to buy from hawkers along the roads.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the Times newspaper, the regional chairman of the GPRTU, Alhaji E.A. Tetteh, said that the intended act ion by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) was inappropriate.<\/p>\n<p>He said even though the AMA had the responsibility of ensuring sanity in the city, the laws enacted to help achieve this must be enforceable. \u201cIt is not fair, how can a driver be held responsible for a passenger who decides to buy from a hawker,\u201d Mr. Tetteh asked.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. James Akpabli, a commercial driver at Agege in Accra, said it would be in the interest of the AMA to concentrate on ways of cleaning the city of filth rather than to embark on such a wild goose chase.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_540-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more here: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) of the Greater Accra Region has expressed reservations about the intended arrest and prosecution of drivers who allow passengers on their vehicles to buy from hawkers along the roads. 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