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A recent survey undertaken by the Alliance for Development and Industrialization, (ADI), depicts that the government could rake in close to GHC3billion if regulations and bylaws are enforced by the respective authorities in the country to check indiscipline.

The survey which was conducted in some 10 regional capitals of the country shows 67 percent of the respondents opined that drivers who wrongfully park and pick passengers should be arraigned before the law court together with the passengers who board the vehicle at unauthorized spots.

The regions that the survey was conducted include the Greater Accra, Central, Eastern, Western, Volta, Ashanti, Bono East and West among others.

According to the survey, 72 percent of the respondents also concluded that drivers who normally use the shoulders of roads due to heavy vehicular traffic should be arrested and charged instantly.

Additionally, 58 percent of the respondents say drivers who violate road traffic regulations (that is jumping the traffic lights) should instantly be put before the law court and charged.

It is instructive to note that 61 percent of the respondents were of the view that unauthorized vehicles that use the siren illegally should also be arrested and fined instantly.

The ADI has also recommended that the government should enforce the sanitation bylaws as well as strengthening the sanitation courts throughout the country. The government should also establish a task force that would go round to arrest citizens who use the gutters indiscriminately as their refuse dump and charge them instantly.

According to the report the government should not focus on the Ghana Revenue Authority as the only institution for revenue generation. It said Law enforcement could be another source of revenue generation for the government.

To this end, ADI has asked the government to look beyond GRA for revenue generation for the country. The only way according to ADI to achieve this is to outsource the revenue collection to credible institutions as it would create a lot of jobs.

According to the ADI, if these regulations are well implemented it would go a long way to ensure some level of discipline in the country. This discipline , it said could translate into higher productivity that is improving productivity through discipline.

The government, the ADI noted could generate much needed revenue through this instant court when culprits are fined which is expected to narrow the fiscal deficit.

The ADI therefore urged the government to enforce the rules. “The government should not think that if the rules are well implemented, they could lose the election” it said.