In the 80’s drivers worked hand in hand with the government to see to how the profession could be regulated. The government gave drivers and the unions the free will and authority to man the public transport sector. This was seen as improvement in the profession in terms of recognition from the government because drivers in the 70’s were mostly seen as enemies of the state and the people. Professor Jennifer Hart @detroittoaccra in her book “Ghana on the Go,” writes that “While revolutionary ideologies gave passengers a new framework through which to evaluate driver practices, in practice, the close relationship of cooperation between the PNDC government and the drivers’ union reflected an emerging trust that empowered the unions and gave them greater authority over public affairs. Whereas drivers in the 1970s had been increasingly cast as the enemies of the state and the people, drivers and their unions had much more active role in the revolution and reform of the 1980s. As the largest drivers’ union, the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) embraced the revolution, it’s new relationship with the government, and its position of leadership and authority among drivers and within Ghanaian society more broadly. As the government progressively removed itself from the economy, the GPRTU and other drivers’ unions gained more authority and responsibility for the structures of transport and the practices of transport workers.” . . . #accra #ghana #africa #drivers #union #transportation #thistrotrolife #regulation #revolution #authority #government #ghanaonthego #jenniferhart #everydayafrica #dynamicafrica #research #passengers #pndc #ashantiimmigrant #streetstyle #streetphotography #accrawedey (at Accra, Ghana) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpSRqO4hWEc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=b7qkomsp22y0
