{"id":382465,"date":"2017-12-12T10:32:44","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T10:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=382465"},"modified":"2017-12-12T13:47:53","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T13:47:53","slug":"new-gapte-board-charged-to-investigate-aayalolos-indebtedness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/12\/new-gapte-board-charged-to-investigate-aayalolos-indebtedness\/","title":{"rendered":"New GAPTE Board charged to investigate Aayalolo’s indebtedness"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has charged the newly-inaugurated Board of the Greater Accra Passenger Transport Executive (GAPTE), to investigate the circumstances under which the management of the\u00a0Aayalolo buses accrued huge debts, particularly in relation to the\u00a0purchase of fuel.<\/p>\n
According to them, the Board must probe the structure and the mode of fuel distribution for the buses.<\/p>\n
The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama, gave the directive when she inaugurated the 17-member board yesterday [Monday].<\/p>\n
\u201cThe key challenges I found with GAPTE was indebtedness and you would have to look at this. \u00a0Why this indebtedness, especially when it comes to supply of fuels?\u201d Hajiah Alima Mahama<\/p>\n
The new members were also tasked to to elevate GAPTE, understand the challenges the company faces and work to ensure improvement of the transport service in the capital.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to inaugurate the second Board, the first Board contributed their quota to the establishment of GAPTE, and today, definitely MMDAs have changed, and new persons are coming on board, so we are here to inaugurated the second Board \u201dshe said.<\/p>\n