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The Deputy Greater Accra Regional Minister-designate Isaac Vanderpuije has stated that he would support any action to deal with the Okada menace in the capital. Even though commercial motorbike activity has been banned; the business seems to be flourishing in the capital. Taking his turn at the vetting committee Isaac Vanderpuije indicated that since there is a law that deals with people who infringe on the law, he is ready to work with the Minister to curb the situation. “Once Okada is outlawed in our statutory book I will support any action by my regional minister or any institution to deal with this menace” he said. He advised that the Okada riders should be approached in a humane way.

The Republic of Ghana is named after the medieval West African Ghana Empire,[1] The Empire became known in Europe and Arabia as the Ghana Empire by the title of its emperor, the Ghana. The Empire appears to have broken up following the 1076 conquest by the Almoravid General Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar. A reduced kingdom continued to exist after Almoravid rule ended, and the Kingdom was later incorporated into subsequent Sahelian empires, such as the Mali Empire several centuries later. Geographically, the ancient Ghana Empire was approximately 500 miles (800 km) north and west of the modern state of Ghana, and controlled territories in the area of the Sénégal river and east towards the Niger rivers, in modern Senegal, Mauritania and Mali. Historically, modern Ghanaian territory was the core of the Empire of Ashanti, which was one of the most advanced states in sub-Sahara Africa in the 18–19th centuries, before colonial rule. It is said that at its peak, the King of Ashanti could field 500,0...