Space FM, Sunyani - The Management of the Metro Mass Transport in the Brong-Ahafo Region, has temporarily suspended services to Yamfo in the Tano North District as a result of low patronage and sales.

The Regional Accountant for Metro Mass Transport, Mr. Samuel Yeboah, who spoke on behalf of management to Space FM in Sunyani, said “the decision was arrived at following low patronage of their services by the community and the subsequent low sales from the route”.

He however gave the assurance that the measure is a temporal one and that as soon as the two buses are repaired and the people express the desire to patronize their buses, the company would resume services to the area.

Asked how management would know the people are ready to patronize their buses, he said, that can be detected at the Central Bus Station.

“When we find out the people need our services, we would immediately redirect one of our buses to the area”, he explained.

He expressed reservation about daily sales as low as ¢30,000 from the Yamfo route.” How do you expect such a huge company to operate on such a meagre daily income”, he asked.

The regional accountant added that “infact the company should have suspended the Yamfo services earlier than now”.

Mr. Yeboah said apart from the reasons above, two out of the company’s thirty five buses in the region have broken down and because of the low patronage at Yamfo, they have been compelled to withdraw their bus to ply the routes which have no buses.

Again, their workshop staff is currently attending a workshop in Kumasi. “Because our workshop staff is at a workshop outside Sunyani, we can not service the broken down buses”, he said.

Mr. Yeboah said the Berekum, Dormaa Ahenkro, Techiman and Bechem routes, are very viable routes as far as the operations of the company are concerned.

He added that four of their buses are currently plying the Kumasi route and there are even requests for more buses. “Such high patronage is what would keep the company in operation”, he said.