Tag Archives: BUSES

Government to order 100 electric buses for Metro Mass Transit – Bawumia

Government is hoping to order 100 electric buses for Metro Mass Transit, as announced by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia during the launch of the Tap & Go Transport Project on Monday, February 19, 2024, at the head office of Metro Mass Transit Limited. This initiative aims to introduce e-vehicles to the …

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Nigeria sends 40 buses to evacuate stranded citizens from Sudan

Nigeria has begun the evacuation of its stranded citizens in Khartoum, Sudan with the deployment of 40 luxury buses to take the evacuees to Egypt for airlifting to the West African country. In a series of tweets by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (Nidcom), the exercise started on Wednesday with …

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Give private schools port duty waiver to acquire good buses – Government told

A journalist with Kumasi based first private radio station Otec, Nana Akwasi Acheampong well known in the media as Kanewu has called on Government and the education Ministry to support schools in the country especially private ones to get road worthy and durable school buses to ensure safety of children …

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Akufo-Addo gives Metro Mass Transit 45 more buses

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday, 6th July 2022, commissioned the first batch of forty-five (45) buses out of one hundred (100) VDL Intercity buses procured for use by the Metro Mass Transit Ltd. President Akufo-Addo stated that the event is significant particularly because it has provided the country …

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89 buses for AFCON 2021 missing in Cameroon

The Cameroonian government has reportedly been on red alert after 89 of the buses they bought for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations vanished into thin air after the tournament. According to the Cameroonian daily L’Anecdote, 89 out of the 90 buses put into circulation for the occasion have vanished …

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Commercial drivers to receive mini buses

The International Drivers and Road Transport Union of Trade Union Congress (TUC) has hinted at plans to supply over 5000 minibusses to commercial drivers in the Greater Accra region. The move, according to the transport operators, is to replace and eliminate rickety vehicles in the country. Chairman of the drivers’ …

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‘Let’s Make Accra Work Project’ Gets Boost As Zoomlion donates buses

Waste management expert, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), has donated two brand new Toyota Hiace buses to the Greater Accra (G/A) Regional Co-ordinating Council in support of the ‘Let’s Make Accra Work’ initiative. The effort is to facilitate the movement of the personnel of the co-ordinating council in keeping the national …

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Ghana aiming at introducing electric buses – Transport Minister-designate

The Minister-designate for the Ministry of Transport, Hon. Kweku Ofori Asiamah, has revealed that Ghana is aiming at introducing electric buses into its public transport system as part of measures to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. Ghana, he said, is being futuristic in this endeavour and with the assistance of …

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Gov’t Hands Over 100 Buses To Schools

Government has handed over 100 buses to senior high schools in the country. The schools are drawn from the North Eastern, Northern, Savannah, Upper East, Upper West, Oti, Bono, Bono East and Ahafo regions. The buses were handed over in fulfilment of a promise made in March 2020 during the …

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