Give us a mobile transfer site for the collected waste – Borla Taxi drivers lament highway ban
The directive to stay away from plying the motorway route by the Greater Accra Regional Minister Hon. Henry Quartey has not gone down well with a group calling itself Association of “Aboboyaa” drivers as they are protesting the decision since it took effect yesterday.
For Chairperson of the “Borla Taxi” association Lydia Bamfo, the economic toll this directive will take on the operators of the tricycles following the ban from using the highways is what has led to the protest.
She revealed that since members of the association heard the news they have panicked after the ban commenced yesterday.
Also, she indicated that those who mastered the courage to collect the waste from the homes ended up bringing the tricycles filled with waste to the headquarters as they ask their leaders the next line of action and what to do with the waste they have carried in the tricycles.
The association indicated that they have no option than to call the media to tell them about their plight and ask for intervention since the tricycles parked there filled with the waste could develop faults she complained.
According to her, the association has twenty branches within the 24 municipalities in Accra and have no mobile transfer site for them to dispose of the waste they have collected so far.
She bitterly complained about the situation saying “There is no emergency mobile transfer for us, so the Minister should go back and look for the restriction and come back and tell us something,” said the chairperson of Borla Aaxi and Tricycle Association.
They are therefore calling on the authorities that if the ban is to remain in effect, then they[authorities] should as a matter of urgency help them get a mobile transfer site for their waste for them to discharge their duties smoothly.
By: Stella Annan | myactiveonline.com Twitter @activetvgh
