Commercial drivers to strike May 19 over roadside trading, traffic violations

Ghana's Transport Operators Declare Nationwide Strike Over Traffic Law Enforcement

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://newsghana.com.gh/ghanas-transport-operators-declare-nationwide-strike-over-traffic-law-enforcement/Commercial transport unions across Ghana will halt operations on Monday, May 19, in protest of what they describe as the government’s failure to enforce road traffic regulations. The strike action, organized by major transport groups including the Ghana Private Road Transpor…

“It is unfair”: Trotro drivers, others to strike from May 19 over chaos on roads

Commercial transport operators across the country have announced plans to embark on a nationwide strike on May 19, 2025 because of traders intruding on road.

Commercial transport operators to strike on May 19 over poor enforcement of traffic laws

Commercial transport operators across Ghana have announced a nationwide strike set for Monday, May 19, 2025, in protest against the government’s failure to enforce key provisions of the Road Traffic Regulations Act, 2012 (LI 2180), particularly those prohibiting trading on roads and at bus stops. At the heart of their grievances is Sub-regulation 117, which clearly prohibits the sale or display of goods on roads, pavements, pedestrian walkways, …

Let’s stop using roads as markets

The ongoing encroach­ment of sections of the Accra-Cape Coast Highway along the Mallam Mar­ket by traders has become more than just inconvenience to both drivers and other road users who ply it. It rather depicts a vivid symp­tom the long-standing national challenge of improper spatial planning and poor urban man­agement in the country. More than six decades after independence, Ghana is yet to implement a comprehensive spatial and land-use polic…

Commercial drivers to strike May 19 over roadside trading, traffic violations

Commercial transport operators across the country have announced plans to embark on a nationwide strike on Monday, May 19, 2025. The action is in protest against what they describe as the government’s failure to enforce provisions of the Road Traffic Regulations Act, 2012, which prohibits trading on roads, pavements, and at designated bus stops. At […] The post Commercial drivers to strike May 19 over roadside trading, traffic violations appeare…

Commercial drivers threaten to strike on May 19 if hawkers are not removed from pedestrian walkways

Commercial transport drivers are demanding strict enforcement of regulations against hawking on roads, pedestrian walkways and at designated bus stops. According to the drivers, the practice is a threat to safety and also obstruct free flow of traffic. They have threatened a nationwide strike should authorities fail to act swiftly. The commercial drivers belonging to the GPRTU, Concerned Drivers Association of a Ghana and True Drivers Union cann…