News:
July 17, 2024
The Legislative Instrument seeking to effect amendment to the Road Traffic Regulations, 2012 (LI 2180) has been withdrawn just days after it was laid on Friday, June 14, 2024.
The Ministry of Transport bowed to pressure from the public following the barrage of criticism that greeted the LI.
The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah, formally withdrawn the L.I. on behalf of the Minister for Transport on Tuesday, July 16, 2024.
He said, “Mr. Speaker, I rise to move that the Road Traffic Regulation Amendment 2024, which was laid on Friday, June 14, 2024, be withdrawn. This has become necessary based on extensive engagement with leadership. Therefore, it is so withdrawn.”
The new Legislative Instrument had included provision granting certain public officials, including Vice-President, the Speaker of Parliament, the Head of the Judiciary Service, Ministers of State and the 275 Members of Parliament (MPs), who were not originally captured in those privileges as captured in the Road Traffic Regulations, 2012 (LI 2180); thus the privilege to use sirens on the road and not be liable for exceeding speed limits.
Many voices that were critical about the L.I. said government should rather focus its energy on addressing the economic challenges including high unemployment, depreciating cedi, food high food and fuel prices.
Ghanamps.com