[ 2015-06-01 ]

Commercial drivers across the country begin nationwide strike today
Some commercial drivers across the country have
boycotted work as they begin an indefinite
nationwide strike Monday morning.

The drivers say some policies prescribed by the
amended road traffic regulations (LI 2180 ) and
currently being implemented by the Driver Vehicle
and Licensing Authority (DVLA) are unfriendly to
them.

Chairman of the over one thousand-strong Ghana
Committed Drivers Association, Charles Danso, says
the strike is to get the DVLA to treat them well.

"They (DVLA) brought something called biometric
road worthy sticker, [but] all the roads on which
we are [driving on] are not good at all [so when]
DVLA asks us to take a computerised road-worthy
test we don't pass", he lamented.

He adds that they are also unable to acquire
driving licenses because of a Basic School
Certificate requirement which most of the drivers
do not have.

"Not all of us have been to school before", he
said.

However, checks on the ground Monday morning shows
that at some lorry stations drivers are working.

Source - Joy News

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