District of the Eastern Region was on Friday set agog when Metro Mass
Transport Services extended its operations to the area.When a bus of
the company arrived in the town at about 0730 hours, both the young
and the elderly lined up the streets, cheered and sang praises of the
government for coming to their aid. They later boarded the bus for a
free ride through the streets of the town amidst singing.
At a meeting with staff of the company at the chief's palace,
Nana Twumwaa II, queen mother of Akyem Aperade said with the arrival
of the bus, transportation difficulties facing them would be a thing
of the past.She expressed her gratitude to the government on its
tireless efforts to make rural areas worthy places to live.
Nana Twumwaa commended Mr Felix Owusu-Adjapong and Mr Yaw Osafo
Maafo, MPs' for Akyem Swedru and Akyem Oda respectively for the role
they played in making it possible for the company to extend its
operations to the town.Mr Frank Kwame Busumtwi, the District Chief
Executive urged the people to insist on collecting tickets when
boarding the bus.
He reminded them that the continuous operations of the bus
service in the area would depend to a large extent on good
patronage.He advised them to resist the temptation to connive with any
official to indulge in ticket racketeering to the detriment of the
company.Mr Busumtwi advised staff of the company to feel free to
report to the appropriate authorities the activities of any commercial
driver who would attempt to intimidate them to withdraw their services
in the area.Mr Johnson Obed Asamoah, the Akyem Oda Area Manager of the
company said basic school children in school uniforms would get free
ride to their destinations.He, however, said the services would not be
extended to schoolchildren at the weekends or after 1800 hours on
weekdays.
06 April 07
