The Minister of Transport, Hon. Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has urged passengers onboard a vehicle not to entertain any bad driving whiles on the road but rather, speak up against such driver misbehavior in order to save lives and property.
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Gov’t prioritizes acquisition of new buses for Metro Mass in 2022 budget
The Government of Ghana has prioritized revamping the Metro Mass Transit Limited (MMTL) with the acquisition of new buses in its 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy.
Disregard calls for a sit-down strike – Commercial transport operators told
The Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC) is urging all commercial transport operators in the country to disregard calls from some transport unions to embark on a sit-down strike from Monday, December 6, 2021.Some transport operators on Friday, December 4, 2021, served notice to the public that they will embark on a sit-down strike as […]
Conflict at the workplace must cease – Transport Minister to GPHA, ISTC Boards
The Minister of Transport, Hon. Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has told members of the Governing Boards of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) and InterCity State Transport Corporation (ISTC) to work in harmony and avoid Board room wranglings, especially, between the Chief Executives and Board Chairs.
Develop new safety policies to deal with challenges on Ghana’s maritime domain – Transport Minister tells GMA, GSA Boards
The Minister for Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has charged the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) and the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA), two key agencies clothed with the responsibility of managing and regulating Ghana’s maritime domain, to collaborate and spearhead the development of new policies capable of resolving the safety issues on the country’s maritime domain. The […]
Consolidate all existing data to update Ghana’s nautical chart – Transport Minister to maritime industry players
The Minister for Transport, Kweku Ofori Asiamah, has charged players in the maritime business to collaborate effectively and bring together, all existing data in the industry for the update of Ghana’s nautical chart.
Gov’t, GPRTU have not increased transport fares by 20%
A meeting between the Ministry of Transport, Ghana Private Roads Transport Union (GPRTU) of TUC and other transport unions, to bring finality to the determination of an upward adjustment in transport fares, has ended inconclusively.
Wait for Gov’t/GPRTU approved transport fares – Concerned Drivers
Concerned Drivers Association of Ghana (C-DAG), has cautioned commercial drivers in the various transport unions, retraining them from increasing transport fares.
Conduct assessment on number of cars that must ply our roads – Otumfuo
The King of Ashanti Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has told the Ministry of Transport to immediately conduct a Transport Impact Assessment (TIA) to determine the number of vehicles that must be allowed and imported into Ghana. This exercise, he noted, should be done in collaboration with the Ministry of Roads and […]
GACL only rented its space to Frontiers -Transport Minister-designate
The controversy surrounding the award of contract to Frontiers Healthcare Services, a company undertaken COVID-19 testing at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), has been put to rest by the Minister-designate for the Ministry of Transport, Hon. Kweku Ofori Asiamah.
Okada operationalization: Gov’t to resume further consultations on October
Government has served notice that the final stage of its stakeholder consultations on whether to legalize ‘Okada’ operations in the country or not will take off in October 2020.
GPRTU, GRTCC set up taskforce to monitor compliance of approved transport fares
A taskforce has been set up by the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) of TUC and the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC) to monitor compliance of the recently approved transport fares for commercial transport operators. The move by the two bodies follows the arbitrarily increase in transport fares by some commercial vehicle drivers […]