'Motorbike sold at 4,000ghc under Mahama now 10,000ghc' — Okada riders and spare parts dealers join Arise Ghana demo

Okada riders, trotro drivers, and spare parts sellers are joining the June 28 Arise Ghana protest because of the present government.

The group stated the situation drove them to attend the June 28 Arise Ghana march.

JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE BY COMMERCIAL ROAD TRANSPORT OPERATORS, CONCERNED SPARE PARTS DEALERS ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL OKADA RIDERS ASSOCIATION ON THE PRESSING AND URGENT NEED TO JOIN THE HISTORIC FORTY-EIGHT HOUR ARISE GHANA DEMONSTRATION SCHEDULED FOR THE 28TH AND 29TH OF JUNE, 2022.

COST OF SPARE PARTS AND VEHICLES: Ladies and gentlemen, owing to deliberate government policies such as the bench mark values and increases in import duties and clearance fees at the ports, cost of spare parts has been at all time high

The cascading effects of this depreciation is unfavorable exchange rates affecting the capital base of vehicle and spare parts dealers

And just like the vehicle spare parts,, motorbikes spare parts have equally skyrocketed affecting the sales and servicing of the bikes which are all working against the Okada business today unlike the congenial economic environment which helped the business to thrive prior to the coming of Akufo Addo and the NPP

Ladies and Gentlemen, fellow Ghanaians, as a Coalition we have no option than to join the Arise Ghana demonstration and we are encouraging and calling on all of you to join as well for us to make history together in demanding for what is due us all.