The provision of the Bus Rapid Transport Services for health workers in the Ashanti Region has from effective today, Friday, April 24, 2020, been withdrawn.
This follows the lifting of the partial lockdown in various parts of the country.
President Akufo-Addo had in a bid to ease the transportation of health workers during the lockdown introduced the use of the Aayalolo buses to commute the workers from their destinations to their places of work.
Confirming the withdrawal to Citi News, Public Relations Officer of the Bus Rapid Transport Services, Fred Chidi said his outfit has already stopped providing services to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.
“There is an official communication from the Komfo Anokye Teaching hospital the service that is provided for the health workers have been withdrawn. So they are working to make an alternative arrangement. It’s an official communication so effective today, April 24, we have withdrawn that service.”
The Aayalolo buses begun supporting the movement of persons offering essential services as parts of the Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions during the partial lockdown.
This was after President Nana Akufo-Addo directed the Minister for Finance and the Minister of Transport to work together to ensure the urgent resumption of the Aayalolo bus service which has been halted due to financial challenges.
Even before this, the Greater Accra Passenger Transport Executive (GAPTE) said it had temporarily grounded its Aayalolo buses due to losses it has been incurring following the social distancing protocols announced by the President and subsequent partial lockdown of Accra.
Following the coming into force of the lockdown in Accra, some essential service providers such as nurses and bank staff complained of the difficulty in reaching their places of work due to the conduct of some security personnel, blocking commercial vehicles from moving to the Central Business District because the drivers fail to observe social distancing on the bus.
The Aayalolo buses, which are more spacious was suggested to allow for effective social distancing to be observed is being promoted to be used as the main mode of transport within the region.
Even before this, the Greater Accra Passenger Transport Executive (GAPTE) said it had temporarily grounded its Aayalolo buses due to losses it has been incurring following the social distancing protocols announced by the President and subsequent partial lockdown of Accra.
Following the coming into force of the lockdown in Accra, some essential service providers such as nurses and bank staff complained of the difficulty in reaching their places of work due to the conduct of some security personnel, blocking commercial vehicles from moving to the Central Business District because the drivers fail to observe social distancing on the bus.
The Aayalolo buses, which are more spacious was suggested to allow for effective social distancing to be observed is being promoted to be used as the main mode of transport within the region.