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Okada riders launch association By

 Jesse Owusu Ampah, GNA

Accra, Dec. 15, GNA
– The Motors, Bikers, Tricycles and Riders Association of Ghana (MONTRA-GHANA)
has been launched with a call on motor riders to observe road traffic
regulations.

The 156,000-member
strong Association seeks to bring all motor riders, particularly commercial
riders (Okada), together for the purpose of coordination and regulation of
their activities.

Mr Dawuda Mohammed,
National Coordinator of MONTRA-Ghana, said the Association is the first of its
kind to be formed for motor riders in the country.

He said MONTRA-Ghana
is a registered association with the Registrar-General‘s Department under the
Company Act, 1963, Act 179.

The National
Coordinator said the Association among others would be a mouthpiece of motor
riders and bikers in the country in order to regulate and coordinate the
activities of its members.

Mr Mohammed said
they would ensure that riders who are members of the Association obeyed traffic
rules and regulations.

He said the
association would ensure that MONTRA-Ghana members were covered by insurance
companies, adding that, this would ensure that the welfare of members was well
catered.

“The Association
will provide uniforms, ID cards, and other embossments to its members for the
purpose of security, safety, uniformity, identification and revenue
mobilisation,” he said.

Mr Mohammed said the
importance of commercial riders cannot be overemphasised since they provided
alternative source of transport to most Ghanaians, as well as, it was a source
of employment to the youth engaged in the trade.

Reverend Kofi Ntim,
Road Safety Ambassador with the National Road Safety Commission, said the
Association was an important platform to bring motor and tricycle riders
together.

He commended the
executives of the Association for creating such a platform for motor riders,
advising them to make sure their members obeyed road traffic regulations.

Reverend Ntim called
on motor riders to ensure they had their road worthy licences and wore
appropriate attires and safety helmets whenever they were riding their bikes.

Mr D. S. Dawuda
Mahama, National Chairman of MONTRA-Ghana, who chaired the event, said there
were currently 156,000 members across the 16 regions of the country, calling on
all motor riders to join them.

GNA

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