Road block by Tricycles Motor - Mahama can Doo

Traffic in certain parts of the Bolgatanga Municipality became a standstill as a group of Tricycle Motors, popularly called “Mahama can Doo” blocked parts of roads causing delay in traffic for about 20 minutes. 

The incident took the intervention of Police and the Patrol team of the armed forces to restore the situation to ease traffic flow. 

According to the chairman of the Ghana Association of Tricycle Motors, Abdul-Rahaman Musbawo, their action was in response to the arrest of 10 Tricycle Motors by the Police. 

He said the arrest follows a directive issued by the Upper East Regional Security Council, REGSEC, banning the use of Tricycle Motors from operating between the hours of 7 pm to 6 am each day, for a period of one month effective Friday 26^th May, 2017. 

Mr Rahaman said they wanted the immediate release of their 10 tricycles and that the directive given them not to operate at night was not helping them, the reason being that their business is rather at night. 

He added that, they were not going to heed to any given time frame and will operate 24 hours just like taxis do. 

According to the REGSEC resolution, such motorized tricycles are usually registered for private use but largely operate on commercial basis and are often driven by under-age people without due regard for traffic regulations. 

There are also reported cases of double registration of motor-cycle numbers which is under investigations by the security services and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority DVLA. 

The ban therefore was to facilitate the ongoing investigations.