Metro Mass Boss Fights Road Accidents

THE ASHANTI Regional Manager of Metro Mass Transit (MMT), Nicholas Oduro, has taken a bold decision which has contributed to the reduction of deaths on roads in the region.

He has reassigned about ten MMT drivers at the Kumasi Depot after a health screening had declared them unfit to drive for long hours.

Speaking with THE PUBLISHER, Oduro said the ten affected drivers would now work at the Kumasi Depot as Dispatch and Brigade officers.

Upon assumption of office some months ago, the MMT regional boss said he realized that a significant number of accidents, involving company buses, were recorded.

According to him, thorough checks conducted by the leadership revealed that human error also contributed to the spate of crashes on the roads.

He said management therefore decided to introduce compulsory health screening exercise for their drivers to see if they were fit to drive.

Oduro said the results of the screening exercise, which was first done prior to the 2017 Christmas, showed that some drivers were not fit to drive.

According to him, the results showed some of the drivers could not see well due to eye defects, whilst others were found to be too weak to drive for long hours.

Oduro said to avert road crashes and save precious human lives on the road, the affected driver was reassigned as dispatch and brigade officers.

According to him, all the ten reassigned drivers would continue to receive their salaries and other bonuses until they reach their retirement age of 60 years.

The MMT regional manager, who observers say had brought new innovations into the Kumasi, promised to sustain the health screening exercise.

“Ghana needs its human resource alive to contribute to the country’s growth; therefore, the MMT would work hard to prevent avoidable road crashes”, he stressed.

By: Afia Sarpong Amankwa/ thePublisher