Mr. Isaac Donkor the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Kintampo Municipal Assembly paid a working visit to Okada and Tipper Truck executives in the municipality to deliberate issues in connection with the development of the Municipality as they all form stakeholders in the development of the municipality.
In a short introduction, Mr. Isaac Donkor stated how important of Okada business is in the municipality and the need to regulate their activities in the municipality by they paying their daily ticket, liaising the tricycles, not charging exorbitant prices, dealing in drugs, under age riders, participation in our monthly clean-up activity, and most of all the use of spar-riders.
The chairman Mr. Benjamin Dery for Okada riders in the municipality express his gratitude to the MCE with his entourage for their visit and express his appreciation by also outlined some ideas that came, also help in solving some of the problems raised by the MCE. He said the office attention has been drowned to the fact that some riders resist paying their daily tickets and as an institution, the assembly asked the police to arrest one as an example for the others to see. He MCE could help in the licenses of their tricycles in a reduce price to enable more riders to have their tricycles down.
He said most of the riders were of the view that, they don’t see the need for paying their daily tickets because the monies are not use for the development of the markets and some roads in the municipality, MCE briefed them on how those monies are been used.
The chairman pleaded on the MCE to help some riders who wish to further their education at the collage of Health and Well-being and other government flagship program in the municipality. He then asked the MCE to help them to get an office accommodation at a vantage point at the weekly market to enable them carry out the office duties which MCE asked them to come to the office for further engagement.
Mr. Isaac Donkor was pleased with the recommendation given the Mr. Dery the Chairman of Okada Association Kintampo and asked them to come to his office for further discussion on some of their request and emphasized that “I will help them to get admission to the school with the right requirement and the forms being filled ahead of the time “he said.
At the tipper truck office some executives were there to welcome the MCE with his entourage. Some concerns were registered by the executives of the association, such as they do not have a packing side in the municipality, some feeder roads not motorable.
MCE thanked the tipper truck association for always supporting the Municipal Assembly anytime they call on them. he assured them of getting them a packing side in the municipality but he said “Oliver asked for more I would want you as an association to help the Municipal Assembly construct a feeder road behind the office block “which they agreed.