The previous Management of the Metro Mass Transit Limited, who allegedly bought buses that were not fit for purpose, are going to be prosecuted, Deputy Managing Director, Metro Mass Transit LTD (MMTL), Haroun Apaw-Wiredu has said.
He says a draft copy of the audits of the procurements has been received and forwarded to the appropriate office for presentation to begin.
“We have received a draft report from our auditors on the various procurements. It is being forwarded to the appropriate office for prosecutorial processes to commence,” he said on the Key Points on TV3 Saturday, January 24.
Haroun Apaw-Wiredu further said that buses bought under the previous Akufo-Addo administration were a nightmare for Metro Mass Transit.
He said that the buses were purchased without recourse to our weather conditions
“Most of the buses procured under the Akufo-Addo regime were without recourse to our weather conditions. They were a complete waste of money,” he said.
He was commenting on the transport crisis that hit Accra recently.
Earlier, Former MP for Asante Akim, Andy Appiah Kubi has suggested that dealing with the transportation crisis in the country requires the government to explore alternatives.
He noted that there is too much focus on road transport with no priority for options like railway transport and others.
According to him, the introduction of the Ministry of Railway by former President Akufo-Addo ought to have dealt with the transportation challenges in the country, however the politics in the country prevented the issues from being resolved.
“With the issue of transportation, we are all too focused on road transport and that I the problem I identify. The matrix of transportation requires we should look at other alternatives.
“I was so happy when former President Akufo-Addo introduced the Ministry of Railway and I thought that it should have been the platform for which the transportation mix would have been promoted but unfortunately, politics couldn’t get us to realize it,” he said on TV3’s Key Points, Saturday, January 17, 2026.
