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by: Fred Yaw Sarpong
Residents and commercial
drivers at Mallam and Gbawe surrounding areas have complaint bitterly about the
deplorable state of the Mallam Lorry Park.
The users of the lorry park find
it difficult to go to the station to pick cars when ever its rains. These make
the drivers parks along the main road and pick passengers, and it usually
brings huge traffic to the area.
On the course of looking for
the managers of the Mallam Lorry Park, both the Ga South Municipal Assembly and
the Ghana Private Road Transport (GPRTU) unit at station refused to accept to
be in charge of the station.
In an interview with the
Chairman of the GPRTU unit at the station, Mr. Ephram Sack1ey explained that
the Ga South Assembly brought them letter barely a year now, and indicated to
them that the assembly supposed to take in charge of every lorry station in the
municipality.
‘So we had discussion with them
and they agreed to develop the station with the revenue they will generate from
the tickets they are selling,’ said Chairman Sackey.
In August last year, the
assembly started selling tickets at a price of 50 Ghana pesewa per a car on
daily basis. ‘So when we realized the place gets bad when it’s rain, we
complaint to the assembly and they brought gravels to level the place. But the
gravel was rather clay and it did worsen the situation at the station,’
Chairman Sackey added.
According Chairman Sackey, the Ga
South Assembly came back to take a look at the deplorable state of the station
and they promised to do it once and for all. ‘Since then nothing has been done,
as we enter into a year now since we had discussion with the assembly,’ he
complaint.
In an interview with the
District Chief Executive of Ga South Municipal Assembly, Hon. Jerry Acquaye
Thompson, he categorically stated that the assembly was not in charge of the
station.
He explained that the assembly
has not been given full control over the station. According to him the assembly
only sells tickets to the drivers at the station, but that is not enough to
take full control over the station.
He added that the assembly is
not in charge of the registration of cars and other levies charge by the
caretakers of the station. ‘If they want us to manage the station, they should
hand over the entire station to us,’ said Hon. Thompson.
In a month the assembly
generate not less than GHc4,000 from the tickets they sell.
Also, the Gbawe Chief, who owns
the land of the Mallam station, also sells tickets of 50 Ghana pesewa and GHc1
to the drivers who use the station. Taxis pay 50 Ghana pesewa while trotro’s
pay GHc1 per daily basis.
Gbawe Chief tickets are meant
for the maintenance of the station, especially to those who sweep the station
as well as the young guys who direct the traffic on Mallam Gbawe road.
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