The Transport Ministry has announced the rollout of additional buses on four major routes in Accra during peak hours, starting today, December 10, 2025.
According to the Transport Minister, Accra–Madina–Adenta, Accra–Achimota–Amasaman, Accra–Mallam–Kasoa, and Accra–Tema Beach Road will each receive a minimum of 8 buses between 4:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. to ease transportation.
The move follows growing public pressure over rising transport fares and severe commuter congestion.
Joseph Nikpe Bukari further noted that the deployment is part of immediate measures to ease mobility challenges while broader reforms are underway.
Speaking to the press, Joseph Nikpe Bukari, the Transport Minister, stated, “We are going to deploy some buses commencing from today, 10th December, and we will ensure that those buses are available at the peak hours to support our commuters who have closed from work to get home safely. And the Ministry of Transport is doing this in collaboration with the intercity STC. Some of their long-route vehicles return at good times, and their schedules are for the next day.
He added, “We are ensuring that we mop up all those vehicles and ensure that they are on our routes. So for now, we have identified four major corridors that we are going to deploy a minimum of eight buses to each of the corridors. We are working to ensure that we increase the number of buses so that we’ll be able to pick all our commuters home safely.
“And those corridors are the Accra- Madina-Adenta corridor. They will have a minimum of eight buses starting from today at 4.30 pm to 8.30 pm. That will be the operational period. We also have Accra Achimota-Amasaman. They will also have a minimum of eight buses that will start operations today from 4.30 pm to 8.30 pm.”
“We also have the Accra-Mallam-Kasoa route that will also have a minimum of eight buses that will also start operations at peak hours from 4.30 pm to 8.30 pm. And the last route we have identified is the Accra-Tema-Beach route. It will also have a minimum of eight buses that will also operate between the hours of 4.30 pm to 8.30 pm. This is an interim or emergency deployment of buses to help salvage the situation.”
“We want them to support us, to be able to flush out all drivers who would not want to respect the laws of the country. It’s regrettable that in an industry where we are all working to survive, we do not want to respect the details of that industry, and we want to tell all our commuters to remain calm and assist the government so that we can flush out those drivers who would not or car owners who will not respect the rules of the industry.
He added, “We are going to embark on a serious exercise to flush out any commercial driver that does not belong to a union. It is because they do not want to be covered by the decisions and the directives of the various unions and governments they have chosen to operate on their own. You either belong to a union, or you have no business on our roads.”
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