A Ghanaian motor rider has been left to his own fate after getting involved in a tragic accident in the Shai Osudoku District in Accra.
The incident was reported by the MP for the constituency after she made a post lamenting on the worsening conditions of the roads coupled with lack of insurance cover for vehicle and motor users.
The MP known as Linda Obenewaa Akweley Ocloo has said, “He is still struggling with his life but both hands cut off. Okada riders are dying like animals in the constituency. I can’t overlook as an MP so providing them with insurance cover to me is one of my priorities,”
The high spate of Okada business in the city and other parts of the country is banned by the laws of the land and deemed illegal but if one is to consider the deplorable nature of our roads in some parts of the country, then the Okada becomes the best alternative.
The MP said until the roads in her constituency are fixed, she has no opinion than to allow the use of the Okada albeit risky.
The National Road Safety Commission has said 2019 recorded the death of 732 people through Okada related crashes and has therefore urged the government to take a second look at the law that prohibits the use of motorbikes or tricycles for commercial purposes.
