In Ghana, the government has withdrawn a controversial Legal Instrument (L.I.) that would have allowed Members of parliament to use sirens and ignore speed limits.

This decision came after a massive public outcry.

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, initially claimed at a forum at the University of Ghana that he was unaware of the L.I.

However, it later emerged that he might have been referring to a different piece of legislation, as he presided over the proceedings on June 14 when the L.I. was introduced by the Transport Minister.

WADR’s Accra correspondent Naa Dedei Tettey has the rest of the details.