{"id":329086,"date":"2017-06-17T13:03:57","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T13:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=329086"},"modified":"2017-06-17T13:03:57","modified_gmt":"2017-06-17T13:03:57","slug":"mandatory-towing-fee-will-protect-road-users-contractor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/mandatory-towing-fee-will-protect-road-users-contractor\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandatory towing fee will protect road users \u2013 Contractor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Road Safety Management Services Limited (RSMSL), one of the companies awarded the contract of towing disabled vehicles, has defended the mandatory payment associated with the implementation of the service.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Communications and Marketing Manager of the company, Roland Walker, the service will help prevent the numerous road accidents caused by disabled vehicles on most of Ghana\u2019s highways and will protect the many road users.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;bbmj3sXhdxKuxmgSFcjMyJLzPhd3pUVB&#8221;]The National Road Safety Commission, last month announced that effective July 1, 2017, vehicle owners and motorcyclists will be made to pay a compulsory annual fee which will be tied to the acquisition of road worthy certificate, to cater for towing services of disabled vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Following the announcement, many Ghanaians especially drivers have <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/07\/suspend-towing-fees-its-total-rip-off-engineer-to-govt\/\">challenged the idea<\/a>, <span style=\"color: #666699;\">d<\/span><\/strong>e<\/span>scribing it as unfair and a clandestine move to \u201cswindle\u201d Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_240933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-240933\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-240933\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ROLAND-WALKER-COMMUNICATION-DIRECTOR-OF-DREDGE-MASTERS.jpg\" alt=\"RSMSL Communications and Marketing Manager, Roland Walker\" width=\"1280\" height=\"852\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-240933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RSMSL Communications and Marketing Manager, Roland Walker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But Roland Walker, who was speaking on Citi FM&#8217;s News Analysis Programme,\u00a0<strong>The Big Issue<\/strong> on Saturday strongly defended the idea, saying the proposed<span style=\"color: #666699;\"> <a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/03\/road-safety-management-services-rolls-out-towing-project\/\"><strong>mandatory fees<\/strong><\/a> f<\/span>or the service is aimed at protecting Ghanaian road users.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that, \u201cthe framers of the law had experiences in the sector for which a number of models were tried and it was ascertained that having a mandatory service will inure to the benefit of the ordinary passenger or motorist who will be an innocent person&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the towing service, which will be handled by about 5 companies will be offered nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, a subsidiary of Jospong Group of Companies, is the lead service provider among the 5 private companies that are to carry out the holistic and nationwide program based on its equipment strength and capacity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Suspend mandatory towing service&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile a former President of the Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE), Ing. 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