The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, sixth July 2022, commissioned the primary batch of forty-5 (forty five) buses out of 1 hundred (100) VDL Intercity buses procured to be used via way of means of the Metro Mass Transit Ltd.
Speaking on the occasion, President Akufo-Addo said that the occasion is vast in particular as it has furnished the usa with an possibility to enhance in addition the capability of the general public transportation machine.
According to the President, “the presence of an green transportation machine is a essential contributor to the increase of the economy, and, as President of the Republic, I actually have made it a concern to re-release the Metro Mass Transport machine during the local capitals via sustained investments in infrastructure and offerings.”
He continued, “The Minister for Transport tells me this mission is being applied in phases, with the primary segment masking the acquisition of a complete of 1 hundred (100) buses, and after-sales-offerings guide and enough spare elements to repair a few fifty (50) damaged down buses.”
In addition to this, the President stated that technical assistance, withinside the shape of a supply from the Belgian Government, is likewise being furnished to cowl schooling of drivers and upkeep staff, and operational guide to the company.
Expressing his appreciation and gratitude to the Belgian Government for offering each monetary and technical guide for the buses, President Akufo-Addo stated that the Republic of Ghana and the Kingdom of Belgium have a long-status relationship, which has transitioned into many strategic partnerships in key sectors of the economy, mainly in the street delivery offerings sector.
In fact, beneathneath the management of the 2d President of the 4th Republic, that super Ghanaian statesman, His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor, a few 5 hundred and thirteen (513) VDL intercity buses have been provided to Metro Mass Transit Ltd. via a concessionary financing from the Belgian Government.
“I am knowledgeable that the Belgian Government is extending but every other concessionary financing for the purchase of a few fifty (50) buses each 12 months for the following 5 (5) years to enhance in addition the fleet of the company. This is actually timely, and I urge all gamers to paintings assiduously, as we are trying to find to redesign completely the operations of MMTL,” he said.
Re-echoing the phrases of the Minister for Transport, President Akufo-Addo bemoaned the forget about and mishandling of public assets, which, unfortunately, has eaten into Ghana’s social fabric, and represents an large drain on countrywide resources.
“I, therefore, urge the Board and Management to take steps to make certain that those buses, which I am commissioning today, stand the take a look at of time. It is right to peer that Metro Mass Transit Ltd is reclaiming its repute as a important public transportation carrier provider, which serves the Ghanaian human beings with dedication,” the President added.
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