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Bole-Bamboi road attracting new
transport companies
Wa, July 4, GNA- New transport companies such as the O.A
Tour are locating in the Upper West Regional capital, Wa,
putting fleet of vehicles on the roads enhancing competition
and sanity in the transport sector.
This followed the tarring (on-going) of the 53-kilometre
Bole-Bamboi road, which linked the region to the southern
part of the country.
Mr. Nuhu Mahama, the Regional Industrial Relations Officer
of Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), in an
interview with the GNA at Wa, commended the contractor
working on the road for the speed at which the project was
being executed.
He also praised the government for initiating the project
saying: "We must give praises when it is due" and urged
President John Agyekum Kufuor to ensure that the project was
completed during his tenure of office.
Mr. Mahama gave the assurance that the Union would
complement government's efforts by implementing its
programmes but said that should not be misconstrued to mean
that the Union was an appendage of the New Patriotic Party
administration.
He said "politics or religion is not entertained in the
activities of the Union."
Mr. Mahama urged the youth including women, especially those
from the Upper West , Upper East and the Northern Regions to
develop interest in driving, saying it was a noble
profession, which was not exclusive for men alone.
He said if more women joined the profession, the carnage on
the roads would be minimised since women were more careful
than their male counterparts.
Some passengers who spoke to the GNA said they now have a
choice to make unlike previously when they were always
cramped in GPRTU buses to their destinations to transact
businesses.
Other passengers and some drivers told the GNA that the
government had done a good job by tarring the road, which if
completed would facilitate the movement of goods and people
from the region to the southern part of the country.
GNA
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