Insure motorbikes distributed to assembly members – Police Officer

Juaso (Ash), Nov 7, GNA – A policeman has appealed to Metropolitan, Municipal and District assemblies to insure motorbikes distributed to assembly members to provide some cover in the event of an accident.         Police Inspector Manasseh Obimpe, Officer-in-charge of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) in the Asante-Akim South District, said they needed to recognize that riding uninsured motorbikes was an infraction of the law.          He also suggested that the motorbikes should be registered in the names of the beneficiaries.             Nana Yaw Osei, the assembly member for Tokwai and a lawyer, shared the views of the police officer and appealed to the assembly to act quickly on the insurance and ownership transfer.         He rejected claims that the bikes were not the property of the assembly members and could not be transferred to them and said the assembly should have no difficulty passing a resolution to transfer the ownership to the members.         Mr Kwadwo Akuamoah Boateng, the District Coordinating Director, said he was not in a position to facilitate the transfer of the bikes to the assembly members since there had not been any such directive from the Local Government and Rural Development Ministry.   GNA... Read Full Story