By Gloria Amoh
The Okada Riders Association is set to petition the Ministry of Transport to reconsider reducing the emissions levy.
The Emissions Levy Act, 2023(Act 1112), imposes a levy on carbon dioxide equivalent emissions for internal combustion engine vehicles started yesterday.
The levy is based on the type of vehicle and its engine capacity.
Motorcycles and tricycles are to pay a fee of Gh₵75 annually while motor vehicles, buses and coaches up with 3000 centimetres are to pay a fee of Gh₵150 annually.
Also, larger vehicles above 3000 cubic centimetres cargo trucks and articulated trucks are to pay Gh₵300 anually.
As a result of this, the secretary of the Okada Riders Association, Majid Amid has lamented the amount of been High and their intention to petition the government.
In an interview, Majid Amid mentioned that, “it is too much. People are suffering. You didn’t give us jobs, you did not do anything for us and yet you want us to pay Gh₵75. We will hold another meeting and write a petition to the government and the whole Ghana that enough is enough”.
“If they do not reduce the levy, we will go out and demonstrate against this government. By Monday the petition will be ready and we will send it to the Minister,” he said.
