Former Managing Director of Metro Mass Transit Limited (MMTL), Albert Adu Boahen, has disclosed that some Metro Mass buses were sold for as low as GH¢500 during the NDC administration, insisting that all disposals followed due process and existing company policy.
Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen show, Mr. Adu Boahen explained that when he assumed office in 2018, the company was in a dire state, with only about 120 operational buses out of over 1,500 allocated to the company since its inception.
According to him, many of the buses had outlived their usefulness and were either cannibalised for spare parts or scattered across the country with major mechanical faults.
He revealed that in 2012, about 400 buses procured under former President John Agyekum Kufuor were sold at GH¢500 each after being valued and stripped of usable parts, with similar exercises carried out in 2014.
Mr. Adu Boahen stressed that the disposal of buses is guided by technical assessments, inspections, and a board of survey, rejecting claims that buses were sold cheaply under his watch.
He clarified that buses disposed of between 2022 and 2024 were sold at prices ranging from GH¢3,000 to GH¢40,000, generating about GH¢3.2 million from the sale of 312 buses.
His comments come in response to allegations by the Deputy Managing Director of MMTL, Haroun Apaw Wiredu, who claimed that 313 buses were sold barely two months before the 2020 elections, some for as low as GH¢2,500, describing the process as a criminal scheme.
Mr. Adu Boahen dismissed the allegations, maintaining that all disposals were lawful and properly documented.
“We have a technical department, including a survey board, involved in the cannibalisation and inspection process, and an evaluation report is available. It is not true that we sold the buses for GH¢2,500 each, nor is it accurate that we generated GH¢2.5 million from those sales. According to the report from the disposal committee, we generated GH¢3.2 million from the sale of the 312 buses. When we took over, the company was in disarray, but it improved significantly after we acquired Daewoo buses,” he said.
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