The Ghana Chamber of Clean Energy (GCCE) has hailed the passage of the Road Traffic Amendment Bill, 2025, describing it as a landmark policy development in Ghana’s transport sector and a key opportunity to accelerate the adoption and local manufacturing of electric two- and three-wheel motorcycles.

The legislation, commonly referred to as the Okada Bill, amends the Road Traffic Act, 2004 (Act 683) to legalize the commercial use of motorcycles, tricycles, and quadricycles, while introducing strengthened road safety provisions. Parliament passed the Bill under a Certificate of Urgency to regulate a rapidly growing segment of Ghana’s transport sector.

In a statement, Seth Owusu-Mante, Founder and Executive Director of GCCE, said the legalization formally recognizes a mode of transport that plays a critical role in urban mobility, last-mile logistics, and employment creation, particularly in cities and peri-urban areas.

“The Bill provides an opportunity to bring structure, safety standards, and long-term planning to a sector that has largely operated informally,” Owusu-Mante noted.

From a clean energy perspective, GCCE highlighted that the legislation presents a strategic opportunity to promote electric mobility, especially within the two- and three-wheeler segment. Currently, motorcycles, tricycles, and quadricycles constitute a growing share of urban travel in Ghana and are predominantly powered by combustion engines, contributing to air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, noise pollution, and public health challenges.

Owusu-Mante stressed that formal recognition under law provides a policy framework to guide the sector toward cleaner, safer, and more efficient technologies through standards, incentives, and enforcement mechanisms.

The Chamber further explained that effective implementation of the Bill, coupled with targeted deployment of electric motorcycles, could reduce urban air pollution, lower operating costs for riders, and create jobs across assembly, maintenance, battery services, and charging infrastructure.

Additionally, GCCE noted that developing a local electric mobility value chain could position Ghana as a regional hub for manufacturing and exporting electric two- and three-wheelers and related components to other African markets, supporting the country’s energy transition and broader economic development goals.

The Chamber confirmed it would undertake a detailed review of the Road Traffic Amendment Bill, 2025, and expressed its commitment to collaborating with members, government agencies, Parliament, regulators, local authorities, transport unions, manufacturers, financiers, and development partners to promote the safe, environmentally responsible, and economically inclusive deployment of electric motorcycles, tricycles, and quadricycles in Ghana.