2 Injured As Taskforce Clashes With Tipper Truck Drivers At Gomoa

Two persons have been injured in a clash involving the Gomoa East Assembly Taskforce and tipper truck drivers at Gomoa Ojobi in the Central Region.

The clash was reportedly over the payment of quarry development funds (QDF) by the tipper drivers.

The victims include one tipper truck driver while the other is also a driver with the assembly.

The Gomoa East District Assembly and Awutu Senya West District Assembly introduced QDF to internally generate revenue and develop quarry communities in the area.

During the engagement, the assemblies concluded that the drivers would pay between GH₵80 and GH₵100 to the taskforce after buying stones from the quarries.

But the Progressive Transport Owners’ Association (PROTOA) tipper drivers at Kasoa opposed the decision, resulting in the clash after some refused to pay on Tuesday evening.

The Chairman of the Tipper Drivers Association, Benjamin Ankomah, popularly known as Sofo Atinka, accused the assemblies of engaging land guards to attack the drivers.

Mr Ankomah called on the government to aid as he threatened to mobilise his drivers to retaliate.

Meanwhile, the Gomoa East District Chief Executive, Solomon Darko Quarm, has denied the allegations.

Mr Quarm said the commercial vehicle operators attacked their driver first which led to the misunderstanding.