News:
November 7, 2018
Member of Parliament (MP) for Garu, Albert Alalzuuga Akuka has said there is the need to have bicycle lanes in the capital Accra.
According to the Garu lawmaker in developed countries like the United Kingdom, United States of America and the Netherlands provisions had been made for bicycle riders but that cannot be said of Ghana in Accra.
“We do not have CCTV camera’s on the streets as we have in the advance countries, which would capture everything in case you are knocked down there could be investigations to it”, he lamented.
In an interview he further pointed out it would be quite a risky venture for MPs to attempt to ride bicycle to Parliament as he would not make such an attempt.
He further pointed out that with the way and manner MPs are staying apart unlike previously where all MPs were staying at one location at Sakumonor, this would be difficult.
“If we were at Sakumonor we could all be in one bus and driven to Parliament House, but for our constituencies we need a four wheel drive there”, he said in an interview.
His remarks come in the wake of his colleague MP for Kumbungu riding a bicycle to Parliament on Tuesday to express hard times in the Ghanaians economy and how ordinary Ghanaian workers cannot pay for the rampant fuel price increase.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com