Editorial
Provide more buses for easy commuting
The bad nature of the Kasoa road
Dear Editor,
I am writing to bring to the attention of the concerned authorities, a pressing issue that affects our community: the lack of adequate public transportation.
As a daily commuter, I have witnessed lots of people experience firsthand the frustration and inconvenience of unreliable and infrequent bus services.
The current public transportation system is inadequate, with long waiting times, inadequate buses, and limited routes.
People are always spotted at some of the stations at Kwame Nkrumah interchange (Circle), forming long queues waiting for a bus to either board to go to work or home after a stressful day at work.
This sometimes results in absenteeism from work because one would not get a car home on time; that may lead to decrease in productivity.
Moreover, it excessively affects low-income residents who rely heavily on public transportation before going to work.
However, these long queues often seen at the stations are partly the fault of drivers who refuse to go to a particular destination due to the bad nature of the roads leading to these destinations.
Some also refuse going to a destination because they want to avoid traffic.
I would appreciate if the government look into poor roads and fix them so that drivers can safely transport individuals to their destinations.
I believe that by working together, we can create a more sustainable, equitable, and connected community.
Elizabeth Agyeibea Ackon,
Accra.
Dear Editor,
AS schools reopen after the holiday, pressure will start to mount on both parents, guardians and teachers.
As a parent, I wish to use this platform to appeal to the basic school authorities through the Ghana Education Service (GES) to reduce the prices of food served our children.
It is very clear and obvious to all that prices of foodstuff have reduced drastically and that was the reason people felt the last Christmas was the best in recent years.
From tomatoes, onions and other vegetables needed to make good meals for the children have seen a reduction in prices.
It will therefore be unfortunate if the school authorities are not humane enough to reduce the school feeding charges. That would amount to wickedness.
This is something the authorities must see to. It will no doubt ease the huge burden on the parents.
Parents were reasonable enough with two different increments when prices shot up. Now that prices seem to have dropped, the schools should do the needful.
That would create some goodwill between the teachers and the parents.
Rose Aboagyewaa, Kasoa
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Dear Editor,
I write to wish you and your staff a Happy New Year and commend you for the good work you have done over the years.
It is my prayer that the good Lord bless you and make available the resources you need to do a better work in the New Year.
I wish to bring your attention to the return of traders to the pavements at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle area.
In the previous decongestion exercise before the holidays, I noticed the authorities intentionally allowed them some freedom to sell at certain areas with lines drawn to demarcate an area for them to do their business.
A visit to the area in the first week of the year revealed that these traders have gone beyond those demarcations and are selling on the spaces left for pedestrians.
The pedestrians are therefore left with narrow pathways to navigate, creating unnecessary congestion in the area and making it difficult for people to move around freely.
I wish to use this platform to inform the authorities about the development. They should send their officers to the market areas to check this for themselves and make sure they move back to the areas designated for them.
Mike Niiaste, Kaneshie
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