Edem Segbefia Hails Mahama Transport Revival Drive
Aspiring National Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress, Dr. Edem Segbefia, has extolled President John Dramani Mahama’s transport sector reforms as a decisive pivot from paralysis to recovery. The endorsement came during an interactive engagement with party grassroots in the Savanna Region.
Dr. Segbefia described the inherited landscape as dysfunctional, citing broken public transit, fragmented policy, failed rapid transit pilots, and persistent safety deficits. He argued that commuters once endured inflated fares, lost productive hours, and heightened risk. The administration, he said, has begun to reverse that trajectory through the “Big Push” and procurement restructuring.
According to Dr. Segbefia, government has cleared arrears, restarted stalled road contracts nationwide, and redeployed equipment into regional mobile maintenance units for emergency repairs. He highlighted feeder and urban road rehabilitation designed to link agrarian communities to markets and district capitals. A technology-enabled tolling framework is being reintroduced to secure sustainable maintenance financing.
The reforms also target public transport formalization, with incentives for fleet renewal and digital ticketing to generate planning data. A flagship Bus Rapid Transit corridor on the Mallam-Kasoa axis is being advanced as a template for Accra. Proponents contend that improved road conditions will reduce operating costs, compress travel times, and ease pressure on household budgets.
Politically, Dr. Segbefia framed infrastructure delivery as a trust dividend for the NDC, urging grassroots mobilization around visible outcomes. He urged youth to organize haulage cooperatives, bid for local supply and labor contracts, and leverage faster market access to capture higher prices. Better connectivity, he maintained, translates into jobs, safety, and electoral capital.
The test lies in execution and perception. If rehabilitated roads endure, fares fall, and farmers reach markets before produce spoils, the narrative of renewal may solidify into political advantage.
Author: Korkor Anumu
