A sum of GH¢400 million has been set aside to purchase new buses to ease the transport pressures across the country.

Finance Minister, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, acknowledging the difficulties Ghanaians face in accessing transport or commuting to their destinations, noted that key among the things the government will be doing under its New Economy agenda next year is to ensure easy mobility.

In order to fulfil this promise, the government has, out of its $10 billion "New Economy", alloted "GH¢724 million to the Ministry of Transport to support the movement of people and goods" and out of this amount,"GH¢400 million has been set aside for the purchase of an additional fleet of high-occupancy buses".

He recounted that of the over 700 million cedis, GH¢174 million will also be dedicated towards ongoing railway development and "GH¢69 million for preparatory works towards the establishment of a national airline".