Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo meets transport operators

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has held a dialogue with transport operators and owners in Ghana to support his administration’s efforts at curbing the spread of Covid-19.

Since Ghana recorded cases of the pandemic, there have been calls for sweeping reforms in various sectors of the country’s economy.

Prominent among the calls is the reduction of the number of passengers that commercial buses (trotro) should have per roll in order to observe the social distancing policy in public vehicles.

In an interaction with transport owners at the Jubilee House in Accra on Tuesday, 24 March 2020, Nana Akufo-Addo indicated that it has become necessary for his government to engage transport owners to find ways through which their sector can make some compromises in the interest of public safety and health.

“You are responsible for moving our people around the country, private and public transport. So, comes the question: How are we going to organise it in such a way that our people can still move around but do so taking into account this disease that is ravaging the world? I want us to have a conversation to see the arrangements we can put in place to achieve same,” Nana Akufo-Addo said.

President Akufo-Addo and the transport owners, after the introductory remarks moved into a closed-door session to reach a compromise over the proposals of the government.

Ghana has confirmed 53 cases of COVID-19 with two death.