{"id":357324,"date":"2017-09-27T11:26:22","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T11:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=357324"},"modified":"2017-11-10T11:03:20","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T11:03:20","slug":"passengers-stranded-in-kumasi-as-mmt-drivers-protest-poor-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/passengers-stranded-in-kumasi-as-mmt-drivers-protest-poor-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Passengers stranded in Kumasi as MMT drivers protest poor conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scores of passengers, who trooped to the Kumasi depot of the Metro Mass Transit to travel to various destinations, were left stranded following a decision by workers to halt operations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-357330 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mmt-kumasi-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"mmt-kumasi-1\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The workers were protesting what they described as poor working conditions and management&#8217;s inability to fix challenges the company has been grappling with.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-357315 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mmt-kumasi-4.jpg\" alt=\"mmt-kumasi-4\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The passengers resorted to alternative means of transport to get to their various destinations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-357312\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mmt-kumasi-2.jpg\" alt=\"mmt-kumasi-2\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some of the affected passengers who spoke to <strong>Citi News<\/strong> expressed their frustrations about the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy General Secretary for the Local branch of the Ghana Transport Petrol Chemicals Workers Union, Philip Kwabena Amoano, said the protest will persist if management fails to address their grievances.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-357314\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mmt-kumasi-3.jpg\" alt=\"mmt-kumasi-3\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Hafiz Tijani\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scores of passengers, who trooped to the Kumasi depot of the Metro Mass Transit to travel to various destinations, were left stranded following a decision by workers to halt operations. 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