MMT manager blows over ¢200 million

Some concerned workers of the Metro Mass Transit (MMT) Limited at the Western Regional Office in Sekondi are up in arms against the regional boss of the state transport company (name withheld) for allegedly duping the company to the tune of over GH¢20,000.

According to the workers, the manager, in connivance with four other senior staff of the company, managed to fraudulently carry out some covert deals which saw them pocket over GH¢20,000 to the detriment of the company.

The concerned workers therefore vowed to resist any attempt to reinstate the manager who was allegedly interdicted after an audit team from the company’s head office in Accra found him guilty.

Narrating how the alleged malpractice was uncovered, the spokesperson for the concerned workers, who pleaded anonymity, told CITY & BUSINESS GUIDE that for some time, the company was running at a loss even though most of the buses were being hired by the public for events.

He maintained that the workers could not fathom why the regional office of the MMT should incur losses.

“The situation then prompted some of us to do our own secret investigations to find the reasons for the company’s declined revenue despite the fact that the buses were always on the road,” the spokesperson of the concerned workers indicated.

He added that somewhere in February 2013, a bus inspector at the regional office of the company intercepted one of the hired buses filled with passengers, near the Sekondi Gyandu Park.

He noted that when the driver was asked to produce the document to affirm that the people in the bus had really hired it; the bus driver could not produce the authentic document.

“The bus driver rather brought out some fake documents which did not have the company’s stamp and logo embassed on them. When he was quizzed as to how he came about the fake documents; the driver revealed that it was the manager who had prepared the alleged fake documents,” the spokesperson alleged.

He indicated that a report was made to the company’s head office in Accra and an audit team from the head office was sent to Sekondi to investigate the case.

According to the spokesperson, the concerned MMT workers also lodged an official complaint with the Ministry of Transport in Accra.

He noted that the manager and his four accomplices were barred from the company.

The concerned workers indicated efforts were being made to reinstate the expelled regional boss.

They therefore appealed to people masterminding the reinstatement of the former regional MMT boss to rescind their decision.

“We don’t need our former boss and we will go all out to resist his return, including laying down our tools. Why should the manager be brought back for duping the company like this when a worker who steals even one cedi, is sacked,” he quizzed.

When contacted, a member of the audit team that was sent from Accra to Sekondi to investigate the matter told CITY & BUSINESS GUIDE that the issue was still under investigation.

The audit member, whose name was only given as Quaye, declined to comment further and asked this reporter to travel to the head office of the MMT in Accra in person before he could make further remarks.