Persons Living With Disabilities Decry Restriction On Motor Bikes.
By Raymond Dingana “ One of the problems we are already facing is the fact that, we are witnessing a hike in cost of transportation because cab drivers have increased transport fare per drop in Bamenda . It is double expenditure when a person with disability like me is forced to pay a cab to drop him at a certain location before boarding a bike in to the quarters. Where will the money come from , ? Bikes were dropping us at our door steeps or directly to our destination because of our disabilities." These were the reactions of the General Coordinator of the Association of Persons with Disabilities, CUAP WD in the North West Region of Cameroon after a decision to restrict the circulation of bikes in the urban centers was signed by the authorities of the North West region. He further said, the challenges brought to bear on them by the restriction have further been compounded by a counter ban from those he says are other stake holders in the armed conflict rocking the two Engl