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Aayalolo bus line
The Minister of Transport, Mr. Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, expressed the government's commitment to reorganize the "Aayalolo bus service" to improve urban mobility in Accra and three other capitals, namely Sekondi-Takoradi, Kumasi and Tamale.
He said the government and stakeholders will learn lessons from suspended bus service operations in Accra, guiding them in the introduction of new services and their establishment in the cities concerned.
"As part of the reorganization efforts, a total of 100 buses have been allocated for deployment in the metropolitan bademblies of Sekondi-Takoradi, Kumasi and Tamale for intra-urban operations in regional capitals," he said. .
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Infrastructure
Regarding the meeting with the press in Accra yesterday, Mr. Asiamah said: "The Ministry of Transport, in collaboration with the local government and finance ministries, would restructure the current operations of the Aayalolo bus service".
"We will put in place the necessary infrastructure to make the service profitable," he said.
Asiamah said that the "Aayalolo bus service" was tested in Accra in the Amasaman-Tudu corridor by the end of 2016, but unfortunately it had to be suspended due to financial and operational difficulties. .
He added that, despite the injection of 4.5 million GH ¢ by the government into the operations of the Aayalolo bus service, the system could not be maintained until its final suspension at the end of 2018.
Increase of the fleet
He said the Ministry of Transport is working closely with the Ministries of Local Government, Finance, Roads and Highways and its development partners to restructure bus service operations and to introduce services in the cities of Kumasi. , Tamale and Takoradi.
He added that Kumasi had already started to operate the bus service and that 120 drivers were currently being trained in the three regional capitals where buses were to be introduced.
Asiamah said the government's policy is to ensure that at least 80% of travelers travel by night bus.
In this regard, he said, the government last year supported the Metro Mbad Transit Ltd. (MMT) with 50 new intercity buses in order to increase its fleet.
"Another 50 buses are expected in the second quarter of this year.
"Similarly, Long Distance Intercity Coaches Limited will receive 100 new intercity buses to expand its fleet," he said.
Port expansion
Regarding the expansion of the ports in the country, the minister said that many investments had been made in the two main seaports of the country, in Tema and Takoradi, in order to modernize them and to position them as major container storage centers in the subregion of West Africa.
He added that four dedicated container terminals were being developed in the port of Tema to meet rising volumes of trade and address the infrastructure gap.
"The port of Takoradi will also be revamped with the development of a multi-purpose container terminal by a fully Ghanaian company, Ibistek, at a cost of US $ 450 million.
"For the first time in the history of this country, Ibistek is committed to developing this flagship project, demonstrating the government's commitment to involving Ghanaian citizens in the country's development process. ", did he declare.
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