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Number embossed taxis only to operate
in Accra beginning August 07
Accra, July 26, Ghanadot/GNA - The police and other security
agencies would from August 1, 2007 arrest and prosecute all
taxis drivers operating in the Accra Metropolis without
embossment of a serial number.
This is contained in a communiqué jointly signed by Mr
Stanley Nii Adjiri Blankson, Chief Executive of Accra
Metropolitan Assembly and Mr Matthew Hayford, General
Secretary of the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC).
The communiqué said as at July 6, 2007, some 1,478 taxis out
of a total of 14,050 registered with the AMA were yet to
report for embossment.
It therefore asked taxi drivers who were yet to send their
cabs for embossment to do so before July 31.
While advising patrons of taxis in the metropolis to take
note of the serial numbers embossed on the cabs, the
communiqué said all new taxis would be duly registered.
The communiqué said the GRTCC would have the responsibility
of enforcing compliance of wearing of the prescribed
uniform, whose selection and approval were not imposed by
the AMA but a decision of the Greater Accra Regional
leadership of GPRTU.
It said the wearing of the uniform would improve the image
of the industry and also impact positively on the personal
hygiene of the taxi drivers.
The communiqué said taxis from other districts would be
permitted to enter Accra, but would not be allowed to
operate within the city until they were duly registered and
embossed with a serial number.
GNA
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