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STMA/MTTU to arrest and prosecute
drivers
Sekondi, July 24, Ghanadot/GNA - The Sekondi–Takoradi
Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) and the Motor Traffic Transport
Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service would from Monday
July 28, begin an exercise to arrest and prosecute drivers
who load and park at unauthorised places in the metropolis.
The move is in response to a threat by drivers who operate
from designated lorry parks to also join their colleagues or
embark on a strike in protest.
This was contained in a release signed by Mr. John Laste,
Public Relations Officer of the Assembly.
It said the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Old Accra Station,
Effikauma Lower Prah bank area, Kojokrom and the Effiakuma
number nine, were areas targeted for the operation.
According to the release, the exercise was meant to ensure
that all drivers who operated in the metropolis did so in
conformity with the Assemblies’ bye-laws on parking, loading
of passengers and off-loading of goods.
The unnecessary traffic would be greatly minimised when the
operation took off, the release added.
The release stated that the various stakeholders would be
involved in the exercise to ensure road safety for both
passengers and road users.
GNA
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