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Police instructed to take charge of towing vehicles

By Justice Kofi Bimpeh
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Minister of Information, Mustapha Hamid says government has directed the Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service to take charge of towing vehicles on the roads following the decision not to implement the mandatory towing levy.

Government through the Transport Ministry on Sunday communicated its decision not to implement the controversial mandatory towing levy approved by parliament in 2012.

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A statement issued to that effect said "upon consultations subsequent to calls, government has decided to seek a review of the parts of the law specifically to achieve the following; (i) Removal from the law, the concept of a mandatory towing levy on all owners and persons in charge of motor vehicles and trailers, (ii) The role of government in the provision of towing services will be limited to only licensing and regulating service providers. 

Read also; Breaking News: Controversial towing levy scrapped

Speaking on JoyFM, Mustapha Hamid said government has asked the police service to “live up to that responsibility” and ensure disabled vehicles are towed off the roads, especially the highways, to avert the occurrence of needless crashes.

He urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), to “exercise sanctions to those officers who will fail to live up to that responsibility” to pull stationary vehicles from the roads. 

The Information Minister appealed to the public “to be responsible and be each other’s keeper” and lend a helping hand to owners of disabled vehicles to quickly lift them to avert any disasters.The foremost responsibility he noted should also be on the citizen so that when your car breaks down you tow it off of the road.

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