The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has described suggestions that a law should be enacted and enforced to restrict vehicular movement on National Sanitation Day as misplaced
According to GPRTU, the law is untenable.
The Ashanti Regional Police Commander, DCOP Kofi Boakyi is pushing for a strict enforcement of the law to ensure massive participation from all Ghanaians during national sanitation days.
[contextly_sidebar id=”tTmPDkUTi7lRdaZERz38eJt6Ic3WkpBh”] The DCOP also wants the law to ban people from doing business during the exercise.
DCOP Boakyi made these suggestions to the Local Government Minister, Julius Debrah during his working visit to the command.
Speaking to Citi News however, General Secretary of the GPRTU, Stephen Okudzeto lauded the move but was quick to add that the law is untenable.
“The idea is a laudable one but we do not want it to be a law because it will not order well if we make it a law,” he said.
Mr Okudzeto argued that restricting vehicular movement during the period will bring the country to a standstill.
“At least, when we have about 10-20 vehicles at the stations a certain number can move in so that commuters who want to visit families should not be deprived on their movement. But a moment you make it a law it means the whole country will come to a standstill,” he bemoaned.
He disclosed that the GPRTU is willing to support this move but without it being enforced as a law, arguing that it will not be necessary.
“We discussed with the minister and said we will give our support for it to work voluntarily, but if they make it a law we believe it will defeat the purpose,” he added.
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development set the first Saturday of every month aside, to clean the environment.
By: Patricia Conteh/citifmonline.com/Ghana