I was triggered at this TV commercial by one of the largest mobile telecommunication networks in Ghana,that assumed there was a beautiful blue sky over Accra. Well, I was practical and decided to consider looking at the beautiful blue skies over Accra and other parts of Ghana, I found myself at. I was always looking at the skies over Accra and adored it so very much until I took a two hour drive out of Accra to Koforidua, a three hour drive to Cape Coast, Hohoe and Takoradi.
It is very difficult to realize that the sky over Accra is not exactly blue. Yes, not a beautiful blue sky. Do you doubt me? If you do, then take a drive out of Accra and compare the colour of the sky to what you see in Accra. I was saddened by this discovery and took the decision to look into the reasons why this is so. Although I made very interesting findings, i think the largest contribution factor is the OSU and TESHIE Public Transports popularly called “TROTRO”.
I wonder who buys these cars with their money because they look so very old, my cousin and I anticipate the owners had rich grandparents who probably handed it down (assumption though). I later realized there were a number of these cars registered within the past two years, which puts me in a more serious state of dilemma than my girlfriend will could ever do. These buses are so old; I couldn’t Google their “make”. They are mostly tilted to one side as a result of central balance displacement, the seats are so very hard, makes you think it was made of 100% metal and worse of all, you could see the asphalt road from onboard the bus anytime your eyes hit its floor. I bet you don’t want to drop your cell phone or wallet whiles on board an OSU, TESHIE or even a JAMES TOWN bound “TROTRO” in Accra. Reason being that; you don’t only drop it on the bus and pick it up but you lose it forever since it was dropping completely out of the bus through these very visible and evidentially big holes on board the buses onto the Asphalt.
Back to talking about the blue skies, I strongly believe the amount of smokes emitted from one of this busses do a whole lot of damage to our Firmament, Sky and Ozone Layer. No wonder the weather in Accra keeps getting hotter than by the day. My concern is that, not only does this affect the Ozone, Firmament and Sky but also does affect the very people living, walking and doing business along these very streets. Well, I think we have become so comfortable with this situation that we can hardly see the health implications of these. My heart bleeds more for the security personnel who moderate traffic at various points. I can just imagine how much of these fumes they have to inhale into their system on daily basis. I don’t blame the bus owners, neither do I blame the drivers but the government and her machinery I do. If only the government’s outfits in charge of regulating and coordinating effective transport were functioning, these would not have been happening anyways.
If the DVLA would effectively conduct the various testing on vehicles before licensing and renewing their road worthiness and if the MINISTRY of ROADS and TRANSPORT could place a ban on some of these cars, we would at least have a clean and modern transport sector. Not only that, but our environment would be more green efficient and protective against the global warming that is catching up with us so very fast.
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