The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tarkwa- Nsuaem, Mr. George Mireku Duker, has presented five motorcycles and accessories worth GH¢50,000 to okada operators at Nsuaem in the Western Region.
The gesture was to promote okada business, one of the key reliable modes of transportation to remotest hamlets within the Nsuaem communities.
The beneficiaries are George Asaah, Paul Abel, Bright Koufie, Maxwell Tandoh and Frederick Akumanyi, who would pay the full cost by installments.
At the same ceremony, Mr. Duker inaugurated a three-member committee, comprising Paul Abel, Rexford Baidoo and Christian Arthur, to help manage welfare issues, streamline okada operations, and also ensure discipline in the Nsuaem communities.
The MP explained that, the gesture was to support the okada business to grow and expand in Nsuaem, and that the committee would ensure that the operators worked according to road regulations and laws to avoid arrest.
Mr. Duker believed that, as the beneficiaries pay for the motorcycles, more operators would benefits for incomes and economies to grow among the families and society.
“We want the okada business to thrive not for criminal activities. Organise well, be disciplined and go by the rules. As a major mode of transport, you offer valuable service in communities. More of such programmes have been earmarked for Simpa and Dompim, please be good ambassadors,” he urged.
He said Nsuaem should be ready for good projects, including the new Polyclinic, which would soon be inaugurated, tarring of roads and the construction of the senior high school.
The Municipal Chief Executive, Benjamin Kesse, told the gathering that the ceremony indicated the good news yet to come to the Municipality, particularly Nsuaem, and pleaded with the people to pray for Mr. Duker so that more projects come to the area.
He added: “But, in all these, we need unity, peace.”
Paul Abel thanked Mr. Duker for the gesture, saying, “Some people never believed this would happen; what they saw as a dream is now a reality.”
