Okada is here to stay – Thank you President John Mahama?

Okada// Why is the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government bent on making sure life is made unbearable for majority in our country.

Not long ago supreme court ruled in favor of the ruling NPP government and the Electoral Commission (EC) that the popular document – Birth certificate is useless and cannot be used to acquire national ID card.

Meanwhile, it is trite knowledge not all who acquire voters id card turn out voting, but most people who couldn’t afford for passport use voter’s id as one of the means in identification in wherever the need be, for the financial transactions, registering for SIM card, just to mention few.

Today, again, one the cheapest means of transportation is Okada, no two ways about that. That said, it’s not surprising the ruling government is against legalization of this mode of transportation which serve majority of Ghanaians, just like SC ruling against birth certificate which is a common document to the general public – and which would have helped the ordinary man on the street to easily acquire voters ID card.

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Uber, yes, we all could opt for decent means of transportation, but okada provides cheaper services to uber.

V8, yes, just like our ministers and the obese government appointees, we would love to also ride in our V8s, etc. But, if wishes were horses?

For campaign?

We all know the roles okada operators play in the campaign seasons. As these operators are organized by same politicians to lead them as they tour their constituencies.

When one close from work late and cars are not available it’s this mode of transportation one depends on. Not that alone, don’t be deceive in believing that Accra is Ghana. Okada easily ply unmotorable roads. As most of our roads in the country are not something to write home about.

Job creation ?

It’s trite knowledge, okada has provided jobs than nabco, YEA, put together.

Some of the workers at the collapsed banks now depends on this okada business for survival. Not to talk of the private teachers during this covid19 pandemic rely on this okada business as government refused to cushion them with a token from their own ssnit contributions.

Legalization & regulations?

It’s important we legalize and regulate this mode of transportation as it’s here to stay.

Columnist: Kofi Azumah Xornam aka Zumzum