{"id":23089,"date":"2014-06-06T08:46:09","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T08:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=23089"},"modified":"2014-06-06T08:46:09","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T08:46:09","slug":"okada-business-booming-in-manya-krobo-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/okada-business-booming-in-manya-krobo-district\/","title":{"rendered":"Okada business booming in Manya Krobo District"},"content":{"rendered":"
Transportation on motor bikes, locally known as Okada business is steadily increasing in the Upper Manya Krobo District due to the bad nature of roads linking up the villages in the area.<\/p>\n
The roads in the district are rocky, hilly, muddy and difficult for vehicles to ply, therefore, the Okada or motor bike is seen as the alternative transportation means of travelling to the communities in the district.<\/p>\n
The Okada has also become a job creation opportunity for the youth who have found for themselves loading points to ply their businesses each day.<\/p>\n
George Ababio, an Okada rider said the business is helping him to make a living, saying, \u201cIt is better than doing nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said realizing the bad nature of the roads and the difficulty people encounter in getting vehicles from the communities, he and his colleagues took advantage and decided to operate the Okada business to make a living.<\/p>\n
Francis Terpernor, a station master at one of the Okada stops in the district said even though the business was new, it is booming.<\/p>\n