The Chairman of the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC), Professor H Kwasi Prempeh, has called out the Minister of Communications, Digital Technology and Innovation, Samuel Nartey George, over his order for the immediate suspension of the enforcement exercise being carried out by the Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission (PCSRC) and the Ghana Police against unlicensed delivery riders.
In a Facebook post shared on August 23, 2025, Professor Prempeh asserted that the minister’s directive essentially amounts to stopping a regulator from doing its job.
He questioned whether the minister had the power to give such an order, adding that politicians are the main problem in ensuring that the rule of law governs the country.
“What is the point of setting up a regulatory body with the authority to regulate and enforce a regime of measures and related sanctions in a designated industry if the minister or some other politician can simply issue directives to countermand an enforcement action by the regulator? Does the applicable law give him the power summarily to countermand the regulator’s enforcement action this way?
“Why have the regulator at all then? Ordinarily, the minister would be limited to issuing policy directives in writing, not intervening in the regulator’s work on a case-by-case basis.
“This is the appropriate division of labour or ‘separation of powers’ between politician and regulator. Once a Minister intervenes improperly this way, the regulator is effectively rendered useless. Politics remains the number one obstacle to building a Rule of Law culture in this town. We are the ultimate victims and losers!” Prof Prempeh wrote.
Sam George’s directive, announced in a post on X on Thursday, August 21, 2025, followed widespread public concern after a viral video captured chaotic scenes near the National Theatre in Accra, where angry delivery riders clashed with PCSRC officials over the seizure of their motorcycles.
According to the minister, while the exercise is consistent with Ghana’s existing laws regulating the use of motorbikes for courier services, its enforcement must be accompanied by wider stakeholder consultation and proper public sensitisation.
“I have directed this afternoon an immediate halt to the ongoing enforcement action by the Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission.
“The action, in conjunction with the Ghana Police, is necessary to bring sanity and order to the use of motorbikes for delivery purposes as stipulated by law. However, I believe the Commission needs to do more stakeholder engagements and public education before resuming enforcement. We must enforce the law with a humane face to it.”
