metro mass transit limited metro mass transit ltd bus in ghana slogan moving the nation founded 2003 headquarters ghana service area ghana service type bus rapid transit public bus service and school bus service alliance tata starbus tata motors fuel type diesel ngv trial website metromass.com metro mass station in tamale metro mass transit tata starbus metro mass transit tata coach metro mass transit bus vdl jonckheere metro mass transit tata marcopolo bus the metro mass transit limited is a public transportation company in ghana . the company was set us to provide reliable and affordable means of transport for commuters within villages towns and cities as well as provide intercity movement . contents 1 early days 2 conception 3 operational areas 4 fleet size 5 passengers carried 6 operational issues 7 mission & vision 7.1 mission 7.2 vision 8 job creations 9 awards 10 see also 11 references early days edit public bus companies have operated in ghana since the ominibus service authority osa started its operations in 1927 . the osa contributed a lot to the ghanaian society in terms of public transport . however osa s assets were divested in 1995 . conception edit metro mass transit mmt arose from an idea from president john kufuor who spoke of the need of introducing a mass transit bus system in the cities of ghana at his inauguration speech on 7 january 2001 . president kufuor directed the re introduction of public mass transport in the metropolitan and municipal areas to ensure the safe affordable efficient and reliable transport of commuters . since then the government has been actively promoting public mass transportation . metro mass transit limited was officially incorporated in 2003 . the shareholders include state insurance company sic insurance company national investment bank ghana oil company limited agriculture development bank prudential bank limited and ssnit . these together have 55 % shareholding . the government of ghana holds the remaining 45 % shares . 1 operational areas edit since the introduction of the metro mass transit the following areas have benefited from the service 2 accra metropolitan area tema metropolitan area kumasi metropolitan area sekondi takoradi metropolitan area tamale metropolitan area new juaben municipal area sunyani municipal area cape coast metropolitan area agona west municipal area ho municipal area wa municipal area bolgatanga municipal birim central municipal area fleet size edit mmt at the moment when has a fleet of buses made up of yaxing daf neoplan vdl vdl jonckhere vdl dutch and iveco buses . it is expected that the size of the fleet will reach 1 000 by the end of the year 2008 . mmt fleets 2016 young man coaches intracity accra tema tata tata marcopolo intercity daf intercity vdl neoplan intercity vdl jonckheere intercity scania marcopolo accra brt the fiat iveco buses were donated by the italian government and helped a great deal during the pilot phase . these buses have played their part and are being phased out . the yaxing buses were manufactured in china and supported by the ghana government . on 13 april 2006 mmt received 150 yaxing buses from the ministry of roads and transport mrt to augment the mmt fleet . this brought the total number of yaxing buses received to 400 and the total operational mmt fleet to over 600 . as of early 2016 all yaxing buses have been scrapped and are no longer in service . all daf & vdl buses have been financed through an oret grant agreement between the dutch government and ghana . thirty five percent of the value is a gift of the dutch government whilst 65 % has been provided as a loan . all daf neoplaan & vdl neoplan buses are manufactured at the neoplan factory in kumasi . passengers carried edit mmt carried almost 40 million passengers nationwide from january to october 2007 over 12 000 000 kilometres 7 500 000 mi . mmt buses have carried 36 456 300 passengers nationwide and have given 3 724 644 school children free ride . operational issues edit a pilot bus rapid transit project in accra connecting adenta with the central business district and the kwame nkrumah circle carrying over 20 000 passengers a day commenced in september 2005 . the buses operate every 15 minutes and tickets are sold in advance . mission & vision edit mission edit the mission of mmt is to provide an efficient urban mass transport system in ghana through the use of buses . vision edit to build a dominant reliable efficient safe and affordable yet an economically sustainable mass transit public bus company in ghana . mmt also aims to introduce the bus rapid transit system into ghana . 3 job creations edit mmt has grown to be one of the major employers in ghana . mmt s current when staff strength of around 2 474 is expected to exceed 3000 by the end of 2008 with the arrival of about 258 buses . janitorial services security bus washing and cleaning are outsourced to third parties providing employment for additional 500 persons . on account of the construction of the buses in kumasi several indirect jobs have been created in the manufacturing sector . in general productivity of the workforce in ghana would increase since mmt can offer fast and reliable transport from home to the workplace . moreover the operations of mmt would empower the ghanaian community by making job shop school and healthcare better accessible . 4 awards edit in the year 2013 mmt won the international transport awards . 5 it also won the overall award in the national road safety awards scheme on october 2013 in the eastern region of ghana . 6 7 see also edit wikimedia commons has media related to metro mass transit limited . references edit the establishment of mmt . metro mass transit ltd. retrieved 2014 08 12 . title unknown . retrieved 2012 12 13 . mmt s mission & vision . metro mass transit ltd. retrieved 2014 08 12 . the establishment of mmt . metro mass transit ltd. retrieved 2014 08 12 . metro mass wins international award . ghana news agency . 20 march 2013 . retrieved 2014 08 12 . naa korkoi essah isd october 30 2013 . metro mass transport tops national road safety awards . government of ghana . retrieved 2014 08 12 . murtala m. bako november 17 2013 . metro mass adjudged best transport company 2013 . ghana web . retrieved 2014 08 12 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title metro mass transit company limited & oldid 703970926 categories transport in ghanacompanies of ghanacompanies established in 2003hidden categories vague or ambiguous time from december 2012commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial 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