AT NTA: GOVERNMENT INHERITED 15 ACTIVE BUSES OUT OF 34
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AT NTA: GOVERNMENT INHERITED 15 ACTIVE BUSES OUT OF 32
As the “pro-pro” government of President George Weah is doing everything humanly possible to ease transportation cost in Liberia, the Deputy Managing Director of the National Transit Authority (NTA), Myer Beteah, has disclosed that the entity is now set and ready to bring the transportation nightmare to a logical end;
The current management of the entity inherited a broken system, to the extent that buses that were brought into the country to help ease the transportation problem were parked at the NTA headquarters while citizens on a daily basis struggled for buses to convey them to their destinations.
The tough-talking Deputy NTA boss told newsman that, as second in command at the NTA, looking at the difficulties in the transportation problem that citizens are undergoing the newly appointed management steering the affairs of the NTA has embarked on a campaign to repair all buses that were damaged under the old management of the NTA. The Deputy NTA boss said that the time has finally come for the public to freely move around the country without any hindrance for bus transportation.
The Deputy National Transit Boss, in an interview, said that they have already put in for more spare parts from Ghana and Dubai to carry on or begin major repair of ruined buses, so they will begin plying the streets to ease the transportation difficulties that Liberians face.
Beteah, when asked when the repair work of the buses will be completed, said that the public should exercise patience as the NTA management was doing all in their power for the thirty-two buses to become operational in the period of one month. He put the cost of the material at little over US$ 200,000.
The NTA Deputy Director however praised his immediate boss, Herbie McCauley, Managing Director of the entity, for what he described as his loyal and commitment to duty. Myer said McCauley has been the brain behind the repair of the damaged buses. He also used the time to command Joseph Wesseh, the Deputy for Operation, whom he described as hero at the NTA.