SankofaOnline News Feature
In the Ghana of yesterday, the Metro Mass Transit system was a symbol of decay,parked buses rusting in depots, broken-down fleets abandoned across the country, and a public left stranded by mismanagement and neglect. Under the Nana Addo–Bawumia administration, the once-proud transport lifeline became a graveyard of wasted investment. Buses procured with taxpayer money were left to rot, contracts were misaligned, and operational capacity plummeted.
The Mahama administration inherited a Metro Mass system bleeding cash,monthly revenue stood at GHS 9.3 million against an operational cost of GHS 9.6 million, with barely 150 buses limping across the nation. Today, that same system is generating GHS 17.5 million monthly, and parcel and luggage services, once capped at GHS 500,000, are now raking in GHS 2 million. This turnaround is not magic. It is diligence, discipline, and the return of leadership that works.
The collapse was not accidental—it was engineered by corruption, thievery, and staggering incompetence. Otherwise, how does any reasonable person explain this: 200 buses under the previous administration generated only GHS 9.5 million, yet 150 buses today are delivering GHS 17.5 million? Or how salaries for drivers and conductors have doubled ,an undeniable increase in cost, yet revenue has soared instead of sinking? The numbers speak for themselves, and every reasonable, discerning Ghanaian can see exactly what they reveal.
Fast forward to 2025, and the story has changed.
Under President John Dramani Mahama’s Reset Agenda, the Metro Mass Transit system is breathing again. Buses are back on the road. Maintenance schedules have been restored. Routes are expanding. And most importantly, the public is regaining trust in a service that was nearly lost. This is not just a transport story, it is a metaphor for national recovery.
But the transformation doesn’t end there.
At the Bank of Ghana, the contrast is even more staggering. Under the previous administration, the central bank posted a record-breaking loss of over GHS 60 billion in 2023, an economic wound that shook investor confidence and triggered a wave of public outrage. That loss was the result of reckless monetary policy, opaque decision-making, and a domestic debt exchange program that gutted pensions and savings.
Now, under the Mahama administration, the Bank of Ghana has posted a profit of GHS 2.3 billion in its first year. Inflation has dropped from 28.3% to 13.7%. The cedi is stabilizing. And for the first time in years, Ghana’s financial scientists, economists, actuaries, and policy modelers, are being empowered to guide decisions with data, not politics.
Across the public sector, similar stories are unfolding. The Ghana Publishing Company, once on the brink of insolvency, now boasts GHS 15 million in fixed deposits after implementing a 24-hour production system. The ports of Tema and Takoradi are piloting round-the-clock operations. The cocoa and energy sectors are undergoing debt restructuring. The national budget is being built with performance-based forecasting tools that prioritize transparency and results.
This is what governance looks like when competence meets accountability.
But let us be clear: this is not a call to worship any administration. It is a call to demand excellence from all.
Ghanaians must hold every future government to account,whether NDC, NPP, or any other. We must reject the culture of blind loyalty and embrace the discipline of civic scrutiny. We must ask hard questions, track public spending, and protect our institutions from political decay.
Because the difference between collapse and competence is not just leadership.
It is vigilance.
It is memory.
It is Sankofa.
Let us never forget what was lost.
Let us never stop fighting for what must be restored.And let us never again allow silence to be the soundtrack of national failure.
It is Vigilance!
It is Memory!
It is Sankofa!
Yes!
Absolutely BRILLIANT!