Deputy Managing Director, Metro Mass Transit LTD (MMTL), Haroun Ampaw-Wiredu has 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 on the Key Points on TV3 Saturday Janury 24.
He was commenting on the transport crisis that hit Accra recently.
Earlier, Former MP for Asante Akim, Andy Appiah Kubi 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.
