Technical Assistant at the Greater Accra Regional Minister’s Office, Emmanuel Klottey has revealed that the ban of waste-carrying tricycles (aboboyaa) from highways and major roads in the capital will not affect their business.
He revealed that provisions will be made for operators to the aboboyaa to keep working because of their value in the waste management chain.
“We will register all aboboyaa operators under the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) and make sure they work in these municipalities and don’t cross to other jurisdictions, hence preventing them from moving on the highways and main roads,” he told Sefah-Danquah in an interview on the Happy Morning Show.
With the minister’s office having engaged the various MMDAs, they will create waste transfer sites where the refuse from aboboyaa operators will be collected for onward disposal by garbage trucks and larger waste management companies to landfill sites.
He believes with such a system put in place, it will not only be convenient for aboboyaa operators but it will also end the menace of refuse being abandoned by the sides of main roads.
According to him, there will also be a facilitation process to help owners of the aboboyaa acquire licenses from the DVLA and also buy insurance.
From November 1, this year, tricycles, popularly known as “aboboyaa”, will not be allowed to operate on highways and major roads in the Greater Accra Region, including the Accra-Tema Motorway.
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr Henry Quartey, who announced the directive at the launch of the Operation Clean Your Frontage in Accra last Friday, said, however, the ban on tricycles plying the Accra-Tema Motorway took immediate effect.
He said the tricycles would be restricted to their registered metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs).
