MMT BOARD DISSOLVED,MD STEPS ASIDE

The Board of Directors of the Metro Mass Transit
Limited (MMT) has been dissolved, a statement
signed by Chief of Staff, Prosper Bani, said.
According to the statement, Managing Director
of the MMT, Noble John Appiah, and his deputy
John Awuku Dzuazah have also been asked to
step aside for investigations to commence into
the operations of the Company.
“The President, H.E. John Dramani Mahama, has
asked Brigadier General I. B. Quartey (Rtd.) to
take over the management of the company
pending the conclusion of the investigations.”
Staff of the state-run transport company
recently called a nationwide strike following the
alleged disappearance of buses from some of
the company’s yards across the country.
Investigations carried by Nhyira FM’s Ohemeng
Tawiah have revealed some 11 buses belonging to
the company disappeared from the depots
under strange circumstances.
Ohemeng Tawiah reports, at least two of the
buses were recently sighted at an auto mechanic
workshop in Kumasi.
The protesters demanded the removal from
office of the Deputy MD, Mr. Dzuaza, as well as
Board Chair, Osabarima Ansah Sasraku III.
The industrial action was called off following a
meeting between Transport Minister; Dzifa
Attivor, the MD; Noble John Appiah and the
leadership of the workers’ union.
Some aggrieved staff on Wednesday, January
14, 2015 mounted a siege at the office of the
Deputy MD at the Kaneshie yard and deflated
the tyres of his 4x4 vehicle.
Mr. Dzuaza had to be whisked away by the police
who were called in to restore order.
But leadership of the workers union say, it
would be difficult to convince their members to
change their plans.
Engineer John Awuku Dzuazah was entering his
office for the first time after Monday’s strike
by workers for his dismissal and that of the
Board Chairman, Osabarima Ansah Sasraku III.
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But shortly after the meeting with officials of
the Transport Ministry, Chairman of the Senior
Staff Union, Delali Kumah, who tried to calm
the workers told Nhyira FM it would be difficult
to persuade the workers.
"On hearing what happened this morning, the
Chief Director for the Ministry of Transport
promptly drove in and asked that we calm our
members down whilst they work assiduously at
our issues so that the DMD could return to work.
We told him it is difficult on our part because
we cannot guarantee his personal safety if he
reported to work in this condition," Mr Delali
Kumah said.
The workers are angry at Mr. Dzuazah and
accused him of breaching company policy by
nicodemously picking up a new Landcruiser
vehicle meant to replace his official accident
vehicle.
According to Mr Delali Kumah, the leadership of
the union will start engaging members of the two
unions for a possible resolution.
But he concedes the leadership will have a
difficult task persuading the members to accept
the return of the Deputy Managing Director back
in office.
"We are now going to engage the workers and
the vibe that we'll pick from them will determine
what actually we could do or we could not do.
From the action that was undertaken this
morning it is very difficult; it's an uphill task,
but we will still test their pulse. We will try our
best to see how we can convince them to allow
him to return," Delali Kumah explained.