Some drivers at Tema Station have called on the police to enforce the wearing of face mask among passengers to curb the current rise of COVID-19 cases in the country.
The drivers in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) said this had become necessary as some passengers rain insults on them anytime they try to enforce the wearing of the mask with the saying; “The disease is no more.”
Mr Emmanuel Lamptey, the Station Master of Mamponse Drivers Union, said the drivers ensure the compliance of the wearing of the mask due to the sanctions they face when arrested by the police and said “the problem is with the passengers who refuse to adhere to the protocol”.
He said the Union always ensured that there was a Veronica bucket for hand washing even though that was not so at the time the GNA visited the station.
"You do not see the Veronica bucket here today because the vehicle we keep it in at the close of work is not working today," Mr Lamprey stated.
Mr Muda Sowah, the Station Overseer of Teshie Drivers Union, said though provisions have been made for washing of hands, however, drivers and passengers do not always comply with the wearing of nose masks.
He said all efforts to ensure that the drivers were wearing the face mask and observing social distance have proven futile.
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